Food Hygiene

What you will cover

• Introduction to food safety
• Laws, schemes and ratings
• Enforcement of food safety legislation
• Food poisoning and why it matters including: causes, bacteria, risk levels in different food groups and the control of food poisoning
• Food spoilage, packaging
• Cross contamination.
• Microbiological contamination
• Different types of hazards
• Allergies
• Food preparation - storage, cooking and serving - safe food storage : chilled storage, cooking food, cooling cooked food and food labelling
• Personal hygiene
• Premises and pests
• Waste management
• Cleaning - safe cleaning, 6 stages of cleaning