For the second consecutive year, Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo was presented with an ‘A+’ award at the City Food Safety High Achiever Awards Ceremony organised by the public health department of Colombo Municipal Council. The prestigious award was presented by Mayor of Colombo A.J.M. Muzammil. The awards ceremony was held on 12 May 2014 with the patronage of Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa.

The criteria for awarding the grading is based on the management’s commitment, continuous improvement of process development, infrastructure and working environment, cleanliness, food preparation, storage and display, personal hygiene and use of clean water and raw materials amongst others.

Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is certified for ISO 22000 food safety management system standard and the hotel has also been awarded with 5 crowns out of 5 for food safety from Crowns for Food Hygiene Scheme implemented by Ind-expo Certification Ltd. This grading is an acknowledgement of the continuous achievements of the hotel, as on 30 April 2014, the Sri Lanka Institute of Food Safety trained 50 food handlers of Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, on food safety aspects. After the successful completion of the final exam and the program, all 50 food handlers were awarded with certificates and certified food handler ID cards.

The topics covered were food borne diseases and prevention, food poisoning and prevention, personal hygiene and food legislation and pest control. The boards of facilitators included Colombo City Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. RuwanWijemuni, Institute of Food Safety Director Keerthi Marasinghe, Chief Food and Drugs Inspector City of Colombo S.M. Kathri Arachchi and City of Colombo Chief Public Health Inspector Dr. W.G. Karunathilake. The awards ceremony was headed by City of Colombo Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam.

Source: http://www.ft.lk/2014/05/23/city-food-safety-high-achiever-awards-cinnamon-lakeside-colombo-with-a/