ILO Meeting of Experts provide guidance to help Member States with Rgulation 3.2 ILO Meeting of Experts adopted new guidelines on the training of ships' cooks in order to help Member States with the implementation of Regulation 3.2 and the respective provisions of the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006Under these provisions, States parties to the MLC, 2006, must ensure that seafarers on ships flying their flag are provided with food and drinking water of appropriate quality, nutritional value and adequate quantity that takes into account the differing cultural and religious backgrounds, while seafarers employed as ships' cooks must be appropriately trained and qualified.The Guidelines cover the multiple aspects of competencies of ships' cooks, including cooking skills, galley administration, prevention of food-borne disease, food and personal hygiene, nutrition and menu planning, religious and cultural aspects, communication skills, first aid and firefighting in the galley, and waste management.MLC 2006: Regulation 3.2Purpose: To ensure that seafarers have access to good quality food and drinking waterprovided under regulated hygienic conditions 1. Each Member shall ensure that ships that fly its flag carry on board and servefood and drinking water of appropriate quality, nutritional value and quantity thatadequately covers the requirements of the ...
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