Food Hygiene Course Details
Food Hygiene

Description:
Our Food Hygiene course covers all the basics on food preparation, regulations, precautions and care when preparing food for others. It is designed to meet the requirements of various regulations in food preparation and health and safety. The course covers regulations, preparation, storage, infections, cross contamination, reporting, PPE, date marks, reporting illness and basic first aid in the kitchen. The certificate is valid for 3 years and can be taken online or in the classroom with one of our approved instructors.
Curriculum:
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Food Hygiene Legislation
- Relevant Legislation
- The Environmental Health Officer
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Bacteriology and Food Poisoning
- What are bacteria and how do they grow and affect us
- How we control their growth
- Food poisoning and its effect
- Types of infections
- Chemicals and foreign objects
- Natural plant foods and allergies
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Food Contamination
- Cross contamination
- Ways of preventing cross contamination
- Chopping board colours
- Pest control
- Hot food display units
- Working at a bar
- Serving in a restaurant
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Personal Hygiene
- Hand washing and hand gels
- Protective clothing
- Reporting Illness
- First Aid Kits for food preparation
- How you need to act at work
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Food storage and Preservation
- Date marks, damaged food and record keeping
- Food Preservation Methods
- Heating, Refrigeration and freezing
- Egg precautions