G. Georgallas,
President
PO Box
25748, Nicosia 1311, Cyprus
phone +357 22605554
fax +357
22305345
The
Association of Health Inspectors Cyprus was
founded in 1988
Our
Association is a non-govermental
organisation dedicated to the promotion of
environmental health and the dissemination
of knowledge about environmental health
issues for the benefit of the public.
Other
objectives are:
- To
raise the status and advance the
practices and policies of the
environmental health profession and to
promote the consideration and discussion
of all questions affecting the
profession of environmental health.
- To
co-ordinate and represent the views,
concerns and interests and to promote
the welfare of members.
- To
arrange opportunities and facilities for
members to meet and obtain and
interchange knowledge and information.
- To
disseminate knowledge on environmental
health to individuals, the community,
and the public in general.
Our
Association currently has over 160
members.About 85% of Health Inspectors are
employed by the Ministry of Health, Cyprus,
and 15% are employed by Local Authorities (Municipalities).
The APHI
run a training course in the field of food
hygiene for food handlers and it publishes a
journal, posted free to all members and to
others interested. Organizes also several
activities for its members such as
conferences, seminars etc.
The main
duties of the Health Inspectors in Cyprus
are:
-
Monitoring and control of water
pollution
-
Licensing and inspection of food
premises
-
Sampling of food for contamination or
adulteration
-
Education of food handlers
-
Management of Solid waste disposal
-
Provision of safe water supply and
sanitation services
-
Supervising water quality of seawater
and swimming pools
- Pest
control programmes
- Health
Education
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