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Guernsey: for restaurants and takeaways

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Guernsey is not the UK: the app follows the Food and Drugs (Guernsey) Law 1970 and its Orders, Environmental Health inspects, and the result is a Food Hygiene Information Scheme rating of 0 to 5 stars.

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Guernsey: food hygiene rules

Inspection body
Office of Environmental Health and Pollution Regulation, States of Guernsey
Public rating
Yes
Languages in the app
English

Your inspection

The Office of Environmental Health and Pollution Regulation (States of Guernsey) inspects food premises. How often depends on the risk of the business.

After a visit the officer tells you what to put right and by when. They can serve an improvement notice or a prohibition notice, and serious breaches go to court. The research did not confirm the fine amounts, so Chef Hygiene names none.

Hygiene rating

The Food Hygiene Information Scheme gives 0 to 5 stars, with an “exempt” sticker for low-risk businesses. Display was voluntary in 2014; the research did not confirm the current rule, so Chef Hygiene does not say you must display it.

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

Temperatures

  • Official guidanceChilled food at 8°C or colder. Chef Hygiene checks the fridge against 5°C, its own safer target. This is good practice: the research did not confirm a number in Guernsey law.
  • Official guidanceHot food at 63°C or hotter. Chef Hygiene sets no grace time below 63°C: reheat at once or throw away.
  • Official guidanceCool cooked food as quickly as possible: into the fridge within 90 minutes is good practice.
  • Official guidanceCooking and reheating: 75°C in the core (or 70°C for 2 minutes). This is good practice.
  • Official guidanceFrozen food: −18°C or colder. This is standard practice.

Staff, training and health

  • Official guidanceFood handlers should be supervised and trained in food hygiene for their work. This is good practice. Guernsey sets no certificate renewal the research could confirm.
  • Official guidanceStaff with diarrhoea or vomiting stay away from food until 48 hours after the symptoms stop. This is UK-style guidance.

Allergens

  • Official guidanceGive allergen information for the 14 allergens for food that is not prepacked. The research did not confirm the legal basis in Guernsey, so this is good practice.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultChef Hygiene checks for a written list per dish and an “ask staff” sign. This is the app’s default.

Fire safety checks

  • Chef Hygiene defaultThe research found no Guernsey fire or electrical interval it could confirm. The checks below are good practice, not Guernsey law. They can be edited. In a fire, call 999 or 112.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultExtinguishers: Chef Hygiene suggests a yearly service by a competent person. Fire alarm: every 6 months. Emergency lighting: yearly.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultElectrics: Chef Hygiene suggests a test every 5 years. Gas: a yearly check.
  • LawGas work must be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer: the Gas Safe Register covers Guernsey, and registration is required (HSE).

Records

  • LawA food safety system based on HACCP is required (the Food and Drugs (Food Hygiene) Order 1976, as amended in 2007).
  • LawRegister your food premises with Environmental Health (the Registration of Food Premises Order 1995).
  • Chef Hygiene defaultChef Hygiene asks for fridge checks twice a day.

Official sources

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This page is general information, not legal advice. Check with your local authority.

Guernsey: the Chef Hygiene app

The app loads these rules for your kitchen, checks your records against them and keeps proof for the inspector.

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