Any institution where food is prepared or sold for human consumption and includes a mobile cart or unit, a road side stand, a container in which food is prepared or from which food is sold, any place in a market from which ground provision, meat, poultry or fish is sold, a food processing or manufacturing plant, a broiler house or hatchery, a dairy, abattoir, a canteen or any coin operated food vending machine.

The Certification Procedure

1. Every person who is desirous of operating a food-handling establishment shall apply, filling out an application form, to the Medical Officer (Health) in the parish in which the food-handling establishment is or is proposed to be established, for a licence to operate such and establishment.
2. Each applicant shall be accompanied by
   • two(2) recent photographs of the applicant;
   • the appropriate application fee specified
   • a plan showing the layout of the food-handling establishment and the equipment or other devices to be used therein; and
   • such other particulars as the Medical Officer (Health) may require.
3. Where there are two (2) or more branches of a food-handling establishment, an application for a licence shall be made in respect of each branch in accordance with step #1.
4. Where there is a change in the ownership or operation of a food-handling establishment, an application for a licence shall be made in respect of each branch in accordance with step#1.
5. On receipt of an application