{"id":22789,"date":"2024-09-09T14:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T14:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22789"},"modified":"2024-09-09T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T14:25:08","slug":"linden-mayor-enforces-certification-for-school-food-handlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-mayor-enforces-certification-for-school-food-handlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Mayor Enforces Certification for School Food Handlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Jacquey Bourne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Linden Mayor and Town Council has announced a crackdown on unlicensed food vendors operating near schools in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision follows recent inspections that revealed many vendors lacked the necessary food handler&#8217;s certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of the new academic year, environmental officers have conducted visits to thirteen schools in Linden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These inspections uncovered that numerous vendors serving food at these institutions were not in compliance with food safety regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent statutory meeting, Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon expressed his concern over the issue, highlighting a particular school where all eight vendors were found to be without the required certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to these findings, the Mayor has directed that vendors be given a five-day period to obtain their food handler\u2019s certificates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council is emphasizing the importance of these certifications to ensure hygienic food practices and protect the health of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative reflects the council\u2019s commitment to maintaining high standards of food safety in educational environments and ensuring that all vendors meet necessary health regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacquey Bourne The Linden Mayor and Town Council has announced a crackdown on unlicensed food vendors operating near schools in the region. This decision follows recent inspections that revealed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22790,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22789\/revisions\/22790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}