Ontario Food Safety Laws and Requirements

The Ontario Food Premise Regulation clearly states all that is required to aid food premises in preventing all health hazards and contamination. It describes the basic requirements in regards to the various everyday work food handlers are involved in, food handler hygiene, pest control, sanitizing, temperature control, and maintenance.

Public Health Inspectors use the food handler certification during their inspection; as stated in the regulation it is a mandatory certification for food handlers.

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Who Should Take This Food Handler Certificate Course In Ontario?

In Ontario, every operator of a food service premise must ensure at least one employee on every shift has a valid Food Handler Certificate. Probe It's Food Hander provides an accepted Food Handlers Certificate and is government approved. Our Food Handler Certificate will be valid for 5 years in Ontario and across Canada.

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Our Courses in Ontario

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ENFORCEMENT: Public Health Inspectors In Ontario

In Ontario, we have municipalities and regional health inspectors inspect locations to ensure food safety is being maintained. Public Health Inspectors typically visit businesses before they open as well as anytime within every four to six month period afterwards.

During inspector visits, be prepared to present all employee Food Handler Certificates and your Food Safety Plan.

The role of local health inspectors in food safety in Ontario is to:

Inspect food premises

Enforce food premise regulations

Reduce food-borne illnesses in food service settings

Develop policies and procedures to ensure food is safe and wholesome to consume

Give warning notices, fines, and business closure orders

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What does the Regulation say about Food Handlers Certificates in Ontario?

There must be at least one person on-site who has a valid food handler certificate at every food premise.

What Should I Do?

EXPERT ADVICE: The recommendation by all health inspectors and health departments is to get you and your entire staff certified. Becoming a certified food handler secures you and your business from claims of food contamination or poisoning.

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Consequences can be severe if you or your staff choose to neglect food safety certification.

What Happens If I Don’t Get The Food Handlers Certificate?

Twice as likely to fail health inspections

50% more likely to have food-borne illnesses

Food Establishment license suspended or revoked

Immediate Business closure

Financial penalties (up to thousands of dollars)

Legal charges and prosecution

Seizure and destruction of inventory

Bad publicity

Our Food Handler Certificate will be valid for 5 years in Ontario and across Canada.

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ONTARIO GOVERNMENT COMPLIANT. GUARANTEED.

Our food handlers certificate training course has been developed by certified Canadian Public Health Inspectors. This makes our course material and training up to date, compliant, and will be accepted and recognized by all employers in Ontario and across Canada.

Our course is 100% online and there are no hidden fees. We guarantee that our food safety course certificate is valid for five years anywhere in Canada.