Are you hosting a holiday party this year? As you think about your dinner menu, make sure you plan ahead for how you will thaw and cook the meat. When food is thawed incorrectly, foodborne germs can multiply to dangerous levels and cause people to get sick — and you don’t want to invite foodborne […]
Stand-Up Training: Thawing Food
Empower Employees Through Food Safety Training Thawing is a necessary step when working with food. It’s important to do it correctly to keep food safe and customers healthy. Use this training to teach your employees why thawing is important and how to do it properly. Learning Objectives You may choose to read these learning objectives […]
How to Get Your California Food Handlers Card
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 48 million people get sick after eating contaminated food in the United States every year. Of that number, approximately 3,000 people are in California. As a food worker, you play a critical role in keeping food safe from contamination. And you’re not alone. As of […]
November Cartoon: 5 Times You Should Always Wash Your Hands
Washing your hands regularly can feel like a chore sometimes — but it’s always worth the extra 20 seconds of your time. Handwashing helps keep you and the people around you healthy Handwashing helps keep you healthy by cleaning your hands of germs. Good hand hygiene plays a major part in protecting you from getting […]
Stand-Up Training: Food Worker Personal Hygiene
Empower Employees Through Food Safety Training Good personal hygiene helps prevent contamination when working with food. Washing your hands, putting on gloves, and wearing appropriate clothing are all part of good personal hygiene. Learning Objectives You may choose to read these learning objectives with your employees as a part of the stand-up training. After this […]
October Cartoon: 7 Steps for Creating a HACCP Plan
Have you ever thought about what happens when cucumbers are turned into pickles? Or what ingredients are added to cured meat to keep them safer for a longer amount of time? Because these kinds of processing techniques need to be done correctly to prevent any foodborne illness, you must create a Hazard Analysis Critical Control […]
Stand-Up Training: First Aid for Food Workers
Empower Employees Through Food Safety Training Even the most experienced food workers get burned or cut at work sometimes. Teach your employees what to do to keep themselves, and the food they work with, safe if an accident occurs. Learning Objectives You may choose to read these learning objectives with your employees as a part […]
How to Get Your Utah Food Handlers Permit
As of May 2019, about 7% of all working Utahns worked in the food industry. That percentage represents nearly 113,000 food workers throughout the state — including you! Maybe you were just hired for your first job, or maybe you’ve worked in the industry for years and it’s time to renew your food handlers permit. […]
How to Prevent Food Poisoning in Texas
In 2008, a terrible outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul swept across the United States. The first cases were reported in April. By the end of the outbreak in August, more than 1,400 people in 43 different states had become ill. Texas had the most reported cases — 559. The Texas Department of State Health Services partnered […]
September Cartoon: How to Receive a Frozen Food Delivery
As kids, many of us became painfully aware of how improperly storing frozen foods, like our favorite popsicles, can cause the frozen delight to become a messy, sticky puddle. Although temperature abuse problems aren’t always as obvious as a puddle of popsicles, correctly receiving a food delivery is one of the most crucial parts of […]