Food Handlers Test
Food handler medicals are important to ensure that your staff do not have any disease that may be transmitted to others through contaminated foods. If you want a quick, easy way of doing this, order our food handler’s test today!
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How it works
Order online
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Collect your sample
Choose to have our medical team come in for home sample collection or visit a Synlab centre near you for your sample collection.
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STATISTICS
200,000
More than 200,000 Nigerians die every year from food-related illnesses
1 in 4
Nigerians who contract food-borne illnesses are likely to die
$3B
The estimated direct cost of food-borne illnesses in Nigeria
A food handler is anyone who, through their work activity, has direct contact with food during any of its phases until it reaches the final consumer.
This includes preparation, manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transport, distribution, sale, supply and service.
The food handler’s panel aims to determine if such an individual is a carrier of any harmful pathogenic organisms that may be spread through food. Bacteria, viruses and parasites are known to cause over 250 known food-borne diseases. Existing infections can be identified and treated with the food handler’s panel. This assures food safety.
Symptoms of food poisoning include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Watery or bloody diarrhoea
- Abdominal pain and cramps
- Fever
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are still unsure about this test, here are some questions that we usually get asked.
Still need answers?
What are examples of a food handler?
A food handler may do many different things for a business, such as making, cooking, preparing, serving, packing, displaying and storing food. Food handlers can also be involved in manufacturing, producing, collecting, extracting, processing, transporting, delivering, thawing or preserving food.
Who needs to take a Food Handlers Test?
Anyone who comes into direct or indirect contact with food at any stage of its preparation before it is served to the consumer.
How often should a food handler undergo laboratory testing?
It is important for food safety workers who handle food must be free from illness. We recommend that employees be subjected to, at a minimum, pre-employment and annual checks.
Benefits
When you get your test done with SYNLAB, you have access to our benefits.
Customer-centric reporting
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Benefits of being a PathProvider registered user
- Your profile is a secure personal space
- Access your results any time, any day, all year round
- Results can be checked on any smartphone, computer, or tablet
- All your previous results are archived on your profile
- Set your notification preferences when results are ready. Choose email or SMS.
- Not a doctor? Switch to the popular ‘graphic view’ and get to understand your results.
- You can share or print your results directly from your profile.
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You can choose to get your entire family tested in the comfort of your own home. Choose a day and a time that is convenient for you, and we’ll send one of our trained professionals to your door.
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SYNLAB was awarded the 'Private Laboratory Service Provider of the Year' in Nigeria award by the Nigeria Health Excellence Awards (NHEA).
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