In the framework of World Food Safety Day, which is celebrated on June 7 and this year has the slogan “Food Safety: Science in Action”, the Ministry of Health (MINSA in Spanish), through the General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (DIGESA in Spanish), launched the “National Program for the Promotion of Food Safety in the Food Chain: Safe Food”, in order for the authorities to enforce the Sanitary Technical Standard no. 142/MINSA/DIGESA “Sanitary Standard for restaurants and related services”, which grant the respective certification. No. 142/MINSA/DIGESA “Sanitary Standard for restaurants and related services”, which grant the respective certification.
The ceremony was attended by the Vice Minister of Public Health, Ricardo Peña Sánchez, representing the Minister of Health, César Vásquez, who stressed that “food safety is a shared responsibility between governments, producers and consumers and that we all play a role in the chain to ensure that the food we consume is safe and not harmful to our health”.
Regarding the referred norm, it contemplates that restaurants and services must apply the General Principles of Hygiene (PGH), supported by the Good Handling Practices programs and the Hygiene and Sanitation programs, evidenced in the PGH sanitary certification issued by the municipality in its jurisdictions.