I just took a Health Board run Food Safe course, my previous employer violated MANY of the things outlined...?

Question

Do I report him? It was a mobile concession trailer, an inspector would come at the beginning of every event, but everything was just ingredients still in the packaging, and made to look all "fine and dandy" but when everything really got under way it changed...I overlooked these things...but because I need this course to work for my new employer (I can see why worth 100% of my money) I noticed many things wrong...he had un-reliable fridges that would sometimes not stay at a safe temperature (fridges above 4 Celsius, freezers above -18 c.), he would prepare ingredients like pork days before hand (like totally eww, nobody wants salmonella), boxes/bags of food would be placed on the floor (by law they must be on a shelf 6 inches or higher), and sometimes the floor would even be wet (moisture is needed for pathogens to multiply), there would be risks of cross-contamination, unproper washing of ingredient, and just a bunch of other stuff...using latex gloves, inproper hand washing...

I had a funny feeling about some things when working there, I never said anything because I did not want for him to get made and ask me to not work for him again. But now it's just disgusting after everything I learned...and if I file a report it better be 100% anonymous, not even them mentioning to them there was a complaint. He also violated the regulations by not having the course I took (at least one person on a shift must have the course).

Answer 1

You should report him, and list every violation in as much detail as possible. If he is unwilling or incapable of obeying the law, he should not be preparing or selling food. He can be harming or killing people. You will be doing society a favor by putting him out of business or forcing him to change his ways.

Answer 2

My husband and I have both been homeless or with a home but too poor to buy much food (even with foodstamps) and we went to the food banks for 'donated food' ... MOST OF IT WAS NOT GOOD FOOD ... people give 'outdated' cans they should throw away, broken (smashed) pasta, mixed dried beans that need different amounts of soaking and cooking time ... even vegetables they don't want to eat because they are wilted and dried out. When I give to a foodbank (which we do regularly) I go to the store and buy NEW basics ... boxes of pasta (the best they have, too), NEW cans of food, fresh flour, fresh vegetables, canned meat and canned juices, baby food in all varieties ... then I take it and drop it off with a 'I hope this helps' and a big smile ... if I hang around, I tell the people that we once were where they are, and we have money now, so we are just 'paying back' what we were given ... and people hold up their heads and think that they are just 'down for awhile' instead of being 'down forever' ... it's not SELFISH to feed a person who needs food ... an old person, a worker, a mother, a father, a child ... PEOPLE DESERVE TO GO TO BED FEELING FULL AND KNOWING THEY'LL GET FULL THE NEXT DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR. Donate GOOD FOOD (even if it means you must eat a bit less for a day or two a month) and the world will be a BETTER PLACE for ALL of us!