Food Handling Safety

This Interactive course on Food Handling Safety discusses the contamination hazards that are associated with food handling, and the materials, equipment and safe work practices employees should use to ensure that the foods they prepare won’t make someone else sick. The food supply in the United States is considered to be one of the safest in the world, yet according to the Centers for Disease Control, millions of Americans still come down with foodborne illnesses every year. Areas covered in the course include information on sources of foodborne illnesses, personal hygiene for food handlers, hand washing, cleaning and sanitizing, preventing cross-contamination, controlling food temperatures and more.

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Topics covered in these products include:

  • Know that foodborne illnesses are serious health problems that affect millions of people every year.
  • Recognize how food can get contaminated at various stages of its processing cycle.
  • Describe the safe work practices you should use to ensure that the food they work with won’t make someone else sick.
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Associated Industries: Food Processing and Handling Environments.
Associated Topic Titles: Food Safety.


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