4.4 Canteen/ Cafeteria Services
Standard: Any on-site provided food service areas, equipment, and related activities performed and
maintained in accordance with sound hygienic principles. All applicable licenses are present and current.
Expectation: Food is provided that is properly cooked, free from spoilage, and is processed, prepared,
handled, and stored in a manner that protects against contamination. Food service personnel ensure that
multi-use food preparation, serving equipment, and utensils are properly cleaned before they are used.
• Facility maintains a valid and current food handler/health certificate for food preparation
personnel, as required by law.
• Facility maintains a valid and current/ food permit/ hygiene certificate for the kitchen, as required by
law.
• Correct hygienic practices such as hand washing are used.
• People found to have communicable diseases, such as Hepatitis B or tuberculosis, are not allowed
to work in the food service area.
• Dining halls/break rooms (if provided) are clean and well maintained.
• Canteen/dining hall provides enough seating.
• Food safety training is required for everyone who works in the canteen/ cafeteria.
• Physical exam records are on file for everyone within the canteen/ cafeteria, as required by law.
• Management Systems are in place to ensure compliance to standard.
5.0 Environmental Management
Standard: Suppliers are responsible for managing, measuring and minimizing the environmental impact
of their facilities. Specific focus areas include air emissions, waste reduction, recovery and management,
water use and disposal, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Expectation: McKey commitment to environmental leadership is rooted in how our facilities operate. In
addition to proactively managing their own operations, suppliers should influence their supply chains for
increased sustainability. Suppliers are responsible for doing their part to minimize the environmental
impact of their facilities. Leadership is demonstrated through environmental responsibility in the areas of:
o Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Management
o Water Management
o Wastewater and Effluents Management
o Air Emissions Management
o Waste Management
o Hazardous Substance Management & Soil/ Groundwater Pollution Prevention
o Land Use and Biodiversity
o Noise Pollution
• All required permits, licensees and/or registrations for discharge/disposal are current and
available; (e.g.) greenhouse gas emissions (GHE); solid waste disposal; water use and/or
abstraction; wastewater effluents treatment or discharge; air emissions; and hazardous
substance management.
• Free from any environmental violations resulting in monetary penalties and/ or non-monetary
sanctions in the past 12 months.
• Management Systems are in place to ensure compliance to standard.