Belehrung nach dem Infektionsschutzgesetz Bescheinigung

If you are working or being employed in the food sector for the first time, you will need a certificate from the public health department confirming that you have been instructed in infection protection.

Do you produce food, process it or place it on the market? Do you come into direct or indirect contact with this food (e.g. serving or washing plates and cutlery)? Would you like to work or be employed in kitchens in restaurants, canteens and cafés or in communal catering facilities?

Then you will need a certificate from the public health department that is no more than 3 months old. This proves that you have successfully completed an instruction course on infection protection measures.

The aim of the instruction is to enable you to recognize your own symptoms of infectious diseases or symptoms of employees at an early stage. You should also be able to prevent the spread of infections and contamination of food and assess when you should no longer carry out your work if you have certain symptoms.

The certificate is issued by the public health department.

• valid identification document

• You are working commercially for the first time or are employed in the manufacture, processing or placing on the market of foodstuffs. During this activity you come into contact with certain foodstuffs.
• There are no indications that you have an infectious disease (e.g. salmonellosis, shigellosis).

If you require proof of infection protection instruction, you must attend an instruction session.

The instruction will explain to you how to prevent diseases from being transmitted through food.

Online instruction

You can complete this instruction online:

• You can find the link to the online service here on the page under "Forms" - "Online instruction in accordance with Section 43 of the Infection Protection Act (health certificate)".
• Online instructions are offered from Monday to Friday from 08:00 - 20:30 and on Saturdays from 09:00 - 15:30 and are possible from anywhere. Registration is possible at any time. Simply follow the instructions on the website.
• The online instruction is available in the following languages: Albanian*, Arabic, Bulgarian*, Chinese*, German, German simplified, English, Farsi, French*, Greek*, Italian*, Japanese*, Korean*, Croatian*, Kurdish*, Polish, Portuguese*, Romanian, Russian, Serbian*, Slovakian*, Spanish*, Czech*, Turkish*, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese* (* = video with subtitles only).
• There is also a German version with sign language.

On-site instruction

Alternatively, you can take part in an on-site instruction by the public health department:

• This takes place twice a month at the Bremerhaven Health Department in German.
• Current dates and further information can be obtained by telephone or email at
  • +49 471 590 2181 and +49 471 590 2282
  • belehrung.gesundheitsamt@magistrat.bremerhaven.de
• Please note that prior reservation is required by calling the telephone number or sending an e-mail.