HCE – Hygiene Conscious Establishment Certification
Peace of mind through a credible commitment to safe food handling practices
HCE is an independent, voluntary food safety programme combining management, monitoring and certification. It offers reassurance to your customers and helps ensure that your operations maintain good food sanitation and safety standards.
Context
The food and hospitality industry relies on customers and their repeated patronage. Customers entrust food outlets and eating establishments with their health and expect that wherever or whatever they select to eat or purchase, they will have a safe food experience. The responsibility lies with the food retailers to protect their customers from unsafe food practices and to take adequate measures to ensure that their confidence is respected.
What the programme delivers
- Checklist framework designed for the audited sector and customised per client
- Ongoing monitoring of high-standard food hygiene through unannounced audits
- Possible benchmarking tool for various outlets under the same brand
- Thorough microbiological screening of food samples, including ready-made products bought in from suppliers
- User-friendly, time-saving, interactive hygiene reports
- HCE certification mark
- Ability to demonstrate due diligence in managing hygiene and food safety standards
- Possibility to complement the HCE programme with supplier monitoring programmes
- Gateway to a successful HACCP programme
Applications
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Supermarkets
- Fast food chains
- Convenience stores
- Contract caterers
- Canteens
- Conference centres
- Airline caterers
- Cruise liners
- Shopping malls