BAFRA issues food handlers license after a health interview, training on food safety, and signing an undertaking that the food handler and all those under their supervision avoid themselves from handling food under certain conditions of illness as listed below;

1. Hepatitis A (Jaundice)
2. Diarrhoea
3. Vomiting
4. Fever
5. Sore throat with fever
6. Visibly infected skin lesions (boils, cuts etc.)
7. Discharge for ear, eye, and nose

BAFRA conducts the Food Handlers’ Training, free of charge, for all people who supervise and/or handle food or food contact surfaces. The training is conducted for the food handlers working in food processing units, meat shops and street food vendors. The trainings are uniformly provided throughout 20 Dzongkhags based on standard training manuals as below, which are also available for download:

1. Food handlers training manual for processing units
2. Food handlers training manual for street food vendors
3. Food handlers training manual for meat handlers