BeSS (Bersih dan Selamat, or 'Clean and Safe') is a recognition awarded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) to food premises (excluding food factories) assessed as meeting food hygiene and safety criteria.
For food entrepreneurs, BeSS recognition can help boost customer confidence, as recognised premises can display the BeSS certificate and logo to show that the premises have undergone an MOH assessment.
BeSS recognition is suitable for operators of food premises in Malaysia, such as:
● Restaurants, eateries and cafeterias
● Food stalls
● School canteens
● Kiosks - small hut-like structures or stalls (fixed or mobile) within buildings where food and light refreshments are prepared, served and sold
● Chain food premises
● All vehicles used to prepare and sell ready-to-eat food, such as food trucks
Key aspects assessed under BeSS include:
● Maintaining clean premises
● Preparing safe food
Validity period: 3 years
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