Learn what food safety management is and how to put this in place.
What is food safety? Why is food safety important? What is HACCP? What is food safety management? What are the legal responsibilities of food handlers? What are the different types of contamination? What is binary fission? How do foodborne disease cause ill health? What are the common causes of cross contamination? How can PPE and personal hygiene decrease the risk of contamination? How do you correctly cook, reheat, cool, thaw, freeze, refrigerate, display and store food? What are reasonable precautions to take?
Our Food Safety course will help you answer the questions above and more.
Researchers have estimated there are 180 deaths per year in the United Kingdom caused by foodborne diseases from 11 pathogens. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) estimates that about 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness occur every year in the UK.
Through our Food Safety course, you will gain an understanding of the types of contamination. You will learn what Foodborne Diseases are and how they cause ill health. You will learn common causes of cross contamination. You will learn why PPE and personal hygiene is important. You will learn why colour coding is used. You will learn how to correctly cook, reheat, cool, thaw, freeze, refrigerate, display, store and, deliver food.
What you'll learn.
- What food safety is and the importance of hygiene.
- Recognise the HACCP principles.
- Understand the different types of contamination.
- Gain knowledge of what the sources of Pathogenic Bacteria are.
- Understand what Bacteria Multiplication is and how it works.
- Gain knowledge of how bacteria divides by binary fission.
- Understand what Foodborne Diseases are and how they cause ill health.
- Gain knowledge of what foods can be classed as high risk.
- Understand what the common causes of cross contamination are.
- Explore reasons to why PPE and personal hygiene is important.
- Explore reasons to why colour coding is important and how it can reduce the risk of contamination.
- Recognise the correct ways to cook, reheat, cooling, thaw, freeze, refrigerate, display, store and, deliver food safely.
Who is Food Safety Awareness Course for?
Our Food Safety course is for anyone who needs basic awareness of how to reduce the risk of ill health caused by incorrect strategies of dealing with food and equipment used for food. Whatever care or non-care sector you work in our Food Safety course will give you knowledge, skills and, confidence in how to reduce the risks of contamination.
What are the learning outcomes?
By the end of the course, you will be able to…
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- State what food safety is and how it is important.
- List the different types of contamination and how they can cause ill health.
- Recognise the sources of Pathogenic Bacteria.
- Be able to describe how bacteria multiplication works.
- Evaluate how Foodborne Diseases cause ill health.
- Label which foods can be classed as high risk.
- Explain common causes of cross contamination.
- Evaluate reasons to why PPE and personal hygiene is important.
- Be able to understand how colour coding is important.
- Discuss what pests can cause.
- Develop knowledge, skills and, strategies to develop positive environments.
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