Basic hygiene in the food service industry

• Have you ever been to a restaurant only to ask yourself if the food being served there was actually good to eat?

• Have you ever gotten sick after a dinner date? or after eating leftovers?

• Have you ever worked in a restaurant and asked yourself if the food you serve or prepared is safe to consume?

We all eat food daily but every year thousands of people die due to food safety related illnesses. Multiple more are hospitalized due to food safety related illnesses.

For many years the human race has been fascinated by different ways to prepare food. But we keep seeing food related illnesses around the globe.

Why is that?

It is because people always underestimate the importance of proper food safety.

How many among us really know how to properly wash our hands?

How many restaurant employees diligently have their bodies screened annually to prevent food safety related illnesses?

After this course you will be familiar with the concept of personal hygiene and be able to improve your own personal hygiene with regards to food safety, you will be familiar with the concept of working hygienically and be able to recognize situations in where food safety is in danger.

After this course you will understand what people mean when they refer to the different contamination sources that can occur in food.

Furthermore we will discuss how to properly wash our hands in this training course.