Just Safe Food Basic Training

Why Food Safety and Worker Safety are Important

Foodborne Illness Definition What Foodborne Illness Does to an Individual How Contaminants Get into Food

How to Wash Your Hands When to Wash Your Hands Hand Sanitizer Single-Use Gloves Handwashing Sink General Safety Practices What To Do When You Have a Wound (Cut, Burn, Sore) Calling in sick Work Dress

Potentially Hazardous Foods (PHFs)

Learn proper procedures to insure a safe working environment

Holding food at unsafe temperatures, and improperly cooling food can cause foodborne illness. Inthis section we will discuss ways to properly handle food when holding it cold and through thecooling process.

Cross contamination occurs when harmful germs from one food get transferred to anotherfood. This happens by improper food contact, and mishandling the sanitation of cuttingboards or utensils.

Keeping a clean environment is key to maintaining a safe work environment

When and How to Properly Clean and Sanitize Surfaces

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Your restaurant may experience power or water supply issues at some point of time due toweather conditions or other unforeseen factors. When or if such a circumstance were tooccur, each food establishment must call their local health department for further assistance.

Please note that this section is based on the latest scientific research available at the time that thecurriculum was written. New details are being revealed about COVID-19/coronavirus everyday thatmay require an update of this section.

Anything in the work environment with the ability to physically or mentally harmworkers. Some workplace hazards are more visible and some are less visible.

In this module we will define employment discrimination, retaliation, harassment, sexual harassment

Government Resources for Food and Worker Health and Safety