Greece: staff sickness and training

“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.

• LawEvery food handler and cleaner needs EFET’s level 1 training certificate: a course of at least 8 hours and an EFET online exam (ΥΑ 110581/2025). The certificate is valid for 5 years. Old certificates stay valid until 6 May 2030.
• LawStaff with a recognised degree that includes food hygiene are exempt from this training (ΥΑ 110581/2025).
• LawEvery worker needs a health certificate (πιστοποιητικό υγείας): a doctor’s exam and a chest X-ray. Food handlers also need stool tests. It is valid for 5 years (Υ.Δ. 35797/2012).
• LawStaff must tell their supervisor about stomach or gut illness, sore throat, cough, or discharge from the nose or eyes. They must stay out of food areas and come back only with a doctor’s note (Υ.Δ. 47829/2017, art. 8).
• LawWounds, burns and skin infections must be covered with a brightly coloured waterproof dressing (Υ.Δ. 47829/2017, art. 8).
• LawA restaurant needs a hand basin with hot and cold water, liquid soap and disposable towels, colour-coded knives and boards, and pedal bins (Υ.Δ. 47829/2017, art. 14).