HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 c622W
80. Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what provision he is making to ensure that local authorities are able to secure adequate training for all food handlers in retail and manufacturing outlets.

Mrs. Currie

On 30 October 1987 my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced that officials had been asked to review the proposals contained in the joint consultation document on food legislation, which was issued in December 1984, in the light of comments received from interested organisations. One of these proposals is that local authorities should be empowered to provide food hygiene training for food handlers.

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