Guidance

MIN 671 MLC Food and catering recognised qualifications in food hygiene or food safety

Amendment 1 reflects updated guidance concerning online delivery of courses and information on accepted qualifications in food and catering as applicable to ships cook's and others processing food in the galley

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 30 November 2021
• Last updated: 30 May 2022 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 22 November 2022

MIN 671 has been replaced with MIN 689 (M) MLC Food and catering recognised qualifications.

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MIN 671 (M) Amendment 1 Food safety and hygiene accepted qualifications

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Table 1 Ofqual level 2 qualifications accepted by MCA

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Table 2 Ofqual level 3 qualifications accepted by MCA

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Table 3 Ofqual level 4 qualifications accepted by MCA

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Table 4 Discontinued qualifications accepted by MCA within the certificates expiry date

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MIN 671 (M) Amendment 1 MLC Food and catering recognised qualifications for food hygiene and food safety

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Amendment 1 updates section 3 online delivery of courses as national COVID -19 restrictions are lifted.

The MCA will only accept courses listed within MIN 671 amendment 1 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 2021)) 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 2022.

Notice to

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

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Published 30 November 2021
Last updated 30 May 2022 + show all updates

1. 30 May 2022

   Updated MIN 671 Amendment 1 to reflect the lifting of national COVID-19 restrictions on the delivery of on-line courses, as noted in section 3.

2. 30 November 2021

   First published.