Certificate In Food Safety For Manufacturing

This online course is for is food handlers in manufacturing businesses. A high standard of food safety protects consumers’ health and helps to maintain the reputation of the business.

Food handlers must therefore do everything they can to keep food safe and protect customers from ill-health and injury.

Course Overview:

By the end of the course learners should be able to:

• Outline the importance of food safety procedures, risk assessment and safe food handling
• Describe how to report food safety hazards, infestations and food spoilage
• Outline the legal responsibilities of food handlers and food business operators
• Explain the importance of personal hygiene in food safety including its role in reducing the risk of contamination
• Describe effective personal hygiene practices, for example, protective clothing and hand washing
• Explain how to keep the work area and equipment clean and tidy
• State the importance of safe waste disposal
• Outline the importance of pest control
• State the risk to food safety from contamination and cross contamination
• State how contamination of food can cause illness or injury
• Describe safe food handling practices and procedures
• Explain the importance of temperature controls
• Describe stock control procedures including deliveries, storage, date marking and stock rotation
• Explain how to deal with food spoilage to include recognition, reporting and disposal.