Food Safety Refresher

Introduction

This is a refresher to emphasise the importance of good food hygiene practices and of the need to handle and prepare food in a safe, clean environment. It provides the underpinning knowledge of food safety for the development of your food safety management system.

By the end of this refresher, you will :

• Understand the importance of food safety
• Know what makes food unsafe
• Understand the consequences of unsafe food
• Identify actions to ensure safe food hygiene practices

You can work through this refresher in sequence or dip in and out of the topics by using the navigation on the left hand side of this screen.

Note: More able businesses may wish to use this refresher as reference material when developing their system.

Duration: For the complete module, allow 80 minutes. You can work through the module in stages :

Introduction - Hazards/Bacteria (10 minutes)
Part 1 - Training/Personal Hygiene/Cleaning (20 minutes)
Part 2 - Temperature Control/Cross Contamination Prevention (20 minutes)
Part 3 - Pest/Waste/Maintenance/Stock Control (20 minutes)
Part 4 - Food Safety Systems (10 minutes)

All times are approximate.