The Registration of Food Handlers Regulations, 2001 (L.N. 178 of 2001) states that:

  1. No person shall act as a food handler without registering as such with the Food Safety Commission.
  2. No person shall employ any food handlers in any food business who are not registered with the Food Safety Commission and are in possession of a current registration document.
  3. Any food handler who applies for registration with the Food Safety Commission must possess a valid certi ficate as described in the Schedule to these regulations.
  4. Any food handler registered with the Food Safety Commission shall be issued with a registration document.
  5. The Food Safety Commission shall keep a register of all food handlers issued with a registration document.
  6. Such registration document shall be valid for a period of two years or five years depending on the type of valid certificate presented.
  7. The Food Safety Commission shall renew the registration document when requested to do so provided a valid certificate is also presented when the request is made.
  8. Such registration document shall be available for inspection by an authorised officer when so demanded.

Valid Certificates are issued by Authorised Tutors.

All food handlers are required by law to attend a course in food handling following which one may apply with the Food Safety Commission for a Food Handlers Card.

What you’ll get

A Food Handlers Card will be issued. This is to be kept at all times by the food handler to be presented when requested during the course of his/her duty.

Eligibility

All food handlers, both Maltese citizens and foreigners, working in Malta and Gozo.

How to apply

Fill in the online form and submit the following documents

Required documents

1. A passport-sized photo.
2. Attach a photocopy of the original certificate denoting completion of food handler’s course.
3. Declaration form signed by authorised tutor that the course has been completed by said tutor.

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You can also apply by sending the application to the Food Safety Commission, where applications are accepted from 8:00AM to 14:00PM. Filled in applications must be signed and stamped by authorised tutor, otherwise will not be accepted.

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Details of contact

Food Safety Commission,
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights, Agriculture Research and Innovation Hub
MARSA  MRS3303. MALTA
Tel: +356 22924887/6/5