Guidance

MIN 689 (M) MLC Food and catering recognised qualifications

Accepted food hygiene or food safety qualifications as applicable to ships cook's and others processing food in the galley.

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
18 November 2022

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This MIN has been updated and replaced with MIN 689 (M) Amendment 1: MLC food and catering recognised qualifications.

Documents

MIN 689 (M) Maritime labour convention,2006 food and catering recognised qualifications for food hygiene and food safety in catering for ship's cooks and others processing food in the galley

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MIN 689 (M) Maritime labour convention,2006 food and catering recognised qualifications for food hygiene and food safety in catering for ship's cooks and others processing food in the galley

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Details

The MCA will only accept courses listed within MIN 689 and only courses noted which are regulated through chartered institute of environmental health (CIEH) see section 5.1 and Royal environmental health institute of Scotland (REIS) see section 5.2, with links to their websites below.

This notice advises on the courses which the MCA accepts for pre-qualification for issue of a Ship’s Cook Certificate of Competency and are listed on the websites of the awarding bodies – see section 4 and tables 1, 2 & 3.

Tables 1,2 & 3 lists the current accepted Ofqual courses only (provided for ease of reference at the date of publication of this notice (November 2022)) and table 4 lists the discontinued courses but MCA will still accepted these food safety and food hygiene certificates within the certificates expiry date. For the chartered institute of environmental health (CIEH) and the Royal environmental health institute of Scotland (REHIS), please visit the websites of the awarding bodies for the latest information.

Enquiries relating to ship’s cooks certificate of competency should be emailed to seafarers.registry@mcga.gov.uk

This MIN expires on the 30th November 2023.

Notice to

  • shipowners
  • masters
  • crew agents
  • officers
  • seafarers and other ship board personnel

Accessible and PDF versions of the notice are attached.

Published 18 November 2022

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