Food safety to be removed from health ministry responsibility under new plans
Besides inspecting eateries, EHOs audit eating establishments and investigate food poisoning cases and other complaints. Photo: Shutterstock.com
Plans to move food safety from the oversight of the health ministry to agriculture have raised concerns from environmental inspectors.Joseph Camilleri, president of the Malta Environmental Health Officers Association (MEHOA), said the proposed change could undermine the quality of food health inspections.“I am afraid that standards could decline and, if they do, so will environmental...