Duration
About 5 minutes per person
Reporting
Culture results within 3-5 business days
In food production and sales, catering, hospitality and hairdressing, a hygiene training certificate is mandatory and employees with a contagious disease cannot work until a report documents their recovery. Food handler screening (portör) checks carriage of contagious disease through laboratory tests, and the occupational physician sets its scope and frequency according to the workplace risk.
All samples (stool, throat and nasal swabs) are collected at your workplace, and the chest X-ray is taken in our mobile X-ray unit. The full four-item portör set is completed in a single session without interrupting production.
Result reports are prepared per employee. For positive cases, treatment and follow-up are planned together with your occupational physician. We also prepare the record system you will present during inspections.
What is included
- Stool culture
- Stool microscopy for parasites
- Throat and nasal culture
- PA chest X-ray
- Hygiene training certification support
Legal basis
- Public Health Law No. 1593, Articles 126-127
- Regulation on Hygiene Training (Official Gazette 05.07.2013/28698) Art. 5, 9 and 10
- Food Hygiene Regulation (Official Gazette 17.12.2011/28145) Art. 17
These summaries are for information only. For details see our OHS regulations guide.
Key industries
- Food production and packaging facilities
- Catering and institutional food service companies
- Hotels, restaurants and cafes
- Cleaning companies, hair and beauty salons
Questions about this service
How often should food handler screening be repeated?
Current legislation sets no fixed interval for food workers, and the occupational physician sets it based on the risk assessment. In established practice, stool microscopy is repeated every six months, while stool culture, throat and nasal culture and the chest X-ray are repeated once a year. For employees of public entertainment venues, the report is renewed every six months by law.
Do new hires require a separate organization?
No. For employees hired between periodic screenings, our sampling team schedules an extra visit, or the employee is directed to our partner laboratory location.