Day 7 & 8 (Oct 10&11, 2012) : Food Quality Control (Theory & Field Trip)

Food Quality Control Unit (KMM)

It was the day 7, we had come across to a quite interesting topic today, i.e the food quality control. Food quality is very important in maintaining good health in the community. PPKP in the unit, Mr. Chiang gave us a little talk on how the unit control the food quality in the market, vaccination program of the food handlers and premise inspection.

 KMM is responsible for the followings:

1.To protect the public from being cheated and from health danger 

with regards to preparation, sales and usage of food and other 

related stuff

2. In order to achieve the above mentioned goals, inspections are 

done at food premises in the district, such as school canteen, 

cafeteria, food stalls, restaurants and food factories.

3. Inspections carried out following the guidelines as stated in the 

Food Act 1983 (Act 281) and Law.

Form that used for inspection of food premises:

 

-- Based on the demerit system
-- They inspected the premises for their food quality, methods of their food handling, hand-washing, kitchenwares, water supply, floor etc.

 Law Enforcement 

based on AKTA 

MAKANAN 1983 

(AKTA 281) & 

Peraturan-Peraturan

Day 8: Field Trip

The restaurant we went for our field trip was called d'Kafe Pokok 

Pisang. We went into the kitchen where the kafe workers were 

preparing the food for their customer for inspection. We observed 

the floor, the kitchenwares, the food and their storage etc.

Lastly before we left for the restaurant, Mr Chiang gave some 

advices to the restaurant owner.

—Label the food (ingredients used for cooking)

—All the workers should wear apron and cover shoes

—Keep vegetables and poultry(chicken,fish) separately

—Cover the food that were kept in container

 

The same form that brought along with Mr. Chiang during the inspection: