{"id":89179,"date":"2026-10-16T18:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=89179"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:19:41","slug":"lebensmittelhygiene-lmhv","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/glossar\/lebensmittelhygiene-lmhv\/","title":{"rendered":"Food hygiene and LMHV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>food hygiene<\/strong> This encompasses all measures and precautions necessary to control hazards and ensure the suitability of food for human consumption. The European framework is Regulation (EC) No 852\/2004, which lays down general hygiene requirements for premises, equipment, personnel, water supply and waste disposal, and requires companies to implement the <a href=\"#haccp\">HACCP principles<\/a> obligated. Our overview of the entire area of law is provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/schulung-lebensmittelrecht\/\">Food law training<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Germany, the <strong>Food Hygiene Regulation (LMHV)<\/strong> EU law. This is particularly relevant in practice. <strong>\u00a7 4 LMHV<\/strong>Anyone who produces, processes, or distributes highly perishable food products must demonstrably possess the necessary expertise in food hygiene. The business is obligated to conduct and document appropriate training \u2013 for example, using our [certificate\/method - context needed]. <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/product-2\/lmhv-4-schulung\/\">LMHV \u00a74 training<\/a>. The content and requirements are explained in the specialist article. <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/hygieneschulung-nach-lmhv-%c2%a74-verpflichtung-inhalte-und-rechtliche-anforderungen-fuer-lebensmittelunternehmen\/\">Hygiene training according to \u00a7 4 LMHV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Typical training topics include personal hygiene, cross-contamination, <a href=\"#temperaturkontrolle\">Temperature control<\/a>, <a href=\"#reinigung-desinfektion\">Cleaning and disinfection<\/a> as well as self-monitoring, for which we in the <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/downloads-gastronomie\/\">Downloads gastronomy<\/a> Provide free templates.<\/p>\n<h3>Further offers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/product-2\/lmhv-4-schulung\/\">LMHV \u00a74 training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/product-2\/lebensmittelhygiene-schulung\/\">Food Hygiene Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/schulungen-gastronomie\/\">Training courses for the catering industry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebensmittelhygiene umfasst alle Ma\u00dfnahmen und Vorkehrungen, die notwendig sind, um Gefahren unter Kontrolle zu bringen und die Genusstauglichkeit eines Lebensmittels sicherzustellen. Der europ\u00e4ische Rahmen ist die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 852\/2004, die allgemeine Hygieneanforderungen an Betriebsst\u00e4tten, Ausr\u00fcstung, Personal, Wasserversorgung und Abfallentsorgung festlegt und Unternehmen zur Anwendung der HACCP-Grunds\u00e4tze verpflichtet. Einen \u00dcberblick \u00fcber das gesamte Rechtsgebiet vermittelt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6433,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"glossary-cat":[],"class_list":["post-89179","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lebensmittelhygiene und LMHV - Praxistrainings-LMS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welche Hygienevorschriften gelten f\u00fcr Lebensmittelbetriebe? 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