Useful Links
Guides to good practice for hygiene
- Code of hygienic practice for precooked and cooked foods in mass catering, CAC/RCP 39-1993, Codex Alimentarius Commission. Retrieved April 14, 2008
Guides for the application of HACCP principles
- HACCP in kitchens in health care units by the Austrian Ministry for Health and Women, in German language
Community guides
Lists with approved disinfectants
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FDA-Cleared Sterilants and High Level Disinfectants with General Claims for Processing Reusable Medical and Dental Devices - March 2009
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VAH list of disinfections, can be obtained from MHP-Verlag GmbH, Marktplatz 13, 65183 Wiesbaden, or via internet by the MHP Internet page
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In the event of epidemics, authorities may mandate decontamination processes with disinfectants approved by a national authority. In Germany, these would be disinfectants on this list, published by the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
Cleaning standards
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DIN 10516 Food Hygiene - Cleaning and Disinfection, can be obtained from Beuth publishing
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Slaughterhouse cleaning and sanitation, FAO animal production and health paper 53, online documents from FAO documents repository, retrieved 14 April 2008
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Code of hygienic practice for precooked and cooked foods in mass catering, CAC/RCP 39-1993, Codex Alimentarius Commission, retrieved 14 April 2008
Free internet articles
- O'Brien, Alison D. (1999, March 1). Bacterial Toxins: Friends or Foes? The Free Library. (1999). Retrieved April 08, 2008
- Maslanka, Susan. (2004, September 1). Food borne botulism in the United States, 1990-2000 The Free Library. (2004). Retrieved April 08, 2008
Organisations offering HACCP courses
- France: inhi, Consultants & Formateurs,