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Food Safety and Hygiene in the Catering Industry

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn about proper food preparation, storage, and hygiene practices with this food safety training course. This free online Food Safety and Hygiene course will teach you standard food safety guidelines for the catering industry. Soiled and contaminated foods are not just unpleasant to eat, but can cause serious injury and illness. Having a good command of food safety and hygiene techniques is essential for any food industry professional. This course will teach you how to prevent spoilage and control disease spread during the food handling process.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID186751
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world's largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Discuss the main food-borne illnesses and how they may affect us
• Explain the most common source of food-borne illnesses
• List some allergic reaction symptoms
• Describe some of the responsibilities food handlers must implement
• Define what HACCP stands for
• List the 7 principles of HACCP
• Describe different types of hazards that can affect food safety
• Explain different ways to control bacterial growth.
Course Code1363

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