Environmental Health Services
The Environmental Health Department of the Municipal Assembly promotes and protects public health and safety through enforcement of standards, environmental monitoring, and sanitary services across hospitality, industrial, residential and public-use premises.
Overview
The Environmental Health Department provides contemporary services focused on promoting and protecting public health and safety through collaboration, innovation and strategic standard enforcement.
Service Categories
Food Handlers’ Certificate
Certification process for food handlers within two weeks for medically-fit clients.
- Application and medical screening
- Issuance of food handler’s card once cleared
Hospitality Premises Inspection
Monitoring standards for hotels, restaurants and similar premises.
- Standard enforcement
- Safety oversight
- Sanitation control
- Pest control
- Environmental & health impact monitoring
Industrial Premises Monitoring
Environmental health and safety supervision of industrial premises.
- Standards and environmental monitoring
- Pollution prevention and control
- Health & safety compliance
- Environmental monitoring
Disinfection, Destruction & Certification
Services including disinfection & disinfestation, destruction of unwholesome items, and suitability health certificates.
- Disinfection & disinfestation – application letter required
- Destruction of unwholesome items – application letter stating item and quantity
- Suitability health certificates – issued by the municipal public health department
Environmental Monitoring & Control
Addressing nuisances and monitoring environmental hazards.
- Noise nuisance control
- Smoke nuisance control
- Dust nuisance control
- Complaint process for nuisances
Burial & Cremation Services
Regulation of grave space acquisition, cremation, exportation of human remains, exhumation, pauper burials and mass burials.
- Grave space acquisition – cause of death certificate required
- Cremation – application letter, embalmment certificate, membership proof, passport copy if foreign national
- Exportation of human ash or body – application letter, cause of death, embalmment certificate, passport copy (if foreign)
- Exhumation – application letter, court order, copy of burial permit, death certificate, payment of fees
- Pauper/unclaimed bodies – police or coroner’s certificate required, reported to police
- Mass burial – application letter addressed to the Director
Important
Please ensure compliance with all application requirements and sanitary regulations when requesting certificates or engaging in burial, cremation or exhumation services.