30 April 2020

Requirement on food riders you should know




Ready to be a food rider? Or going to hire a rider for your food business in this period ? Do study the following guidelines introduced by Ministry of Health in this MCO. Practise it so that your customers appreciate your food safety services as well as enjoying your food.

1. Wearing face mask. in this MCO, wearing face mask is a must at outdoors. It helps to prevent the virus infection, to protect yourselves as well as your customers.

2. Wearing clean helmet. Make sure the helmet is clean, not only protect the rider's head but also to make sure no contamination occurs.

3. In fit condition. Riders must make sure to be fit while delivering food. They should go through COVID-19 screening in government / private health facility.

4. Make sure the delivered food is not exposed to contamination. Initiate appropriate ways to protect food from contamination. Cooked food is saved to be consumed. However, the food could be contaminated by bacteria if the delivered food is not kept probably.

5. Practice social distancing 1 meter. Always practice 1 meter away from one another, especially when delivering to food to customers.

6. Wearing clean cloth. Same as contamination concerns. Besides, clean cloth could also give good expression to your customers.

7. Not smoking. This is one of the poor personal hygiene. Should avoid it due to cleanliness. Do consider also, smoking will increase the possibility of COVID-19 infection.

8. Always wash hands with soap / use sanitizer. Remember to wash hands always. Avoid touching face and eyes at outdoors. If there is no soap and washing station, do using sanitizer.

Riders should practice the abovesaid guideline to protect everybody from COVID-19 infection. Happy selling.

Credit: Food Safety and Quality Division, Kedah State Health department

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