The Environmental Health Division will be holding an emergency Food Handlers’ session today, July 26 at 1:00 p.m. at the Ward's Building. 

The public including private garbage haulers are notified that in an effort to control indiscriminate dumping of waste at the incinerator at Pockwood Pond, access to the site will not be allowed beyond 4:00 p.m. daily.

Assistant Manager at the Department of Waste Management, Mr. Neville Allen has said that access to the Pockwood Pond incinerator will be limited to 4:00 p.m. daily in an effort to control the practice of indiscriminate dumping.

Fellow residents of the Virgin Islands, for too long we have been faced with the challenges of improper and inefficient waste management strategies. It is now a subject that must be addressed and solved.

New and renewing food handlers are notified of the July schedule of sessions that will take place on the following dates:

The Environmental Health Division is holding an additional Food Handler’s Session on Thursday, June 13 in preparation of the upcoming Buju Banton Show.

The public is notified of the new and renewing food handlers’ clinic schedule to be held in June

New and renewing food handlers on Virgin Gorda will be held on May 22 at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Campus at 10:00 a.m.

A total of 596 food handlers’ certificates have been issued so far this year, as the Environmental Health Division continues to assist food businesses in achieving required food safety standards.

New and renewing food handlers clinic will be held on Virgin Gorda tomorrow May 15 at 10:00 a.m. the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Campus.