Display Kit

Mandatory posters in a restaurant: what is required, what is recommended

Everything often gets lumped together. The posters in this kit (colour codes, handwashing, kitchen instructions) are good practice: they help your team do things right, without being required postings as such. The postings every employer must display fall under employment law: see below.

Why colour codes for boards and cloths?

To avoid cross-contamination. One board or cloth per food group (raw meat, fish, vegetables, cooked…): the colour makes the rule visible, even to an extra on a Saturday night. Put the code up next to the boards and the dishwashing station.

Where to put the handwashing poster?

Right above the basin reserved for hands, at eye level. That is where it helps: at the moment of the gesture, on arrival in the kitchen, after the toilets, after handling raw food or waste.

Mandatory employment postings (Belgium)

A reminder, not an exhaustive list. If you employ staff:

• Work regulations: a notice stating where they can be consulted must be posted in a visible, accessible place; a copy must be available at each workplace, and each worker receives one on starting. The regulations state, among other things, the address of the inspection services and where to reach the first-aid officer.
• Part-time workers: a copy or extract of their contract with their working hours is kept where the work regulations can be consulted (on paper or electronically).
• Well-being at work: the contact details of the confidential counsellor appear in the work regulations and in a place easily accessible to workers.

Details and updates are on the website of the FPS Employment, in French and Dutch: emploi.belgique.be.

Pair it with the Cleaning kit.