Empower Employees Through Food Safety Training Inspecting food that comes into your establishment is crucial to food safety. You don’t want to accept contaminated food. This training will help you and your employees understand how to properly inspect and receive food in your establishment. Learning Objectives You may choose to read these learning objectives with […]
November Cartoon: How to Calibrate a Food Thermometer
Thermometers are vital tools in food service. You need them to cook, cool, hold, and reheat food safely. A thermometer that is even five degrees off can lead you to sell or serve food that is not safe to eat. But you can only rely on a thermometer if you calibrate it often. Exactly how […]
How to Enhance the Food Safety Culture at Your Establishment
In the foodservice industry, serving safe food is a vital part of keeping your customers and your health inspectors happy. If a foodborne illness outbreak is traced to your establishment, at best you’ll probably get some bad reviews. At worst, you could get sued. In rare cases, people could die. Set your business up for […]
7 Food Safety Rules for Cooking for a Party
When you invite people over for a party, you don’t want it spoiled by foodborne illness. Follow these simple food safety rules when cooking to protect your guests from foodborne illness. 1. Wash your hands well and often Washing your hands well and often is the golden rule of food safety. Your hands are full […]
How to Clean Your Microwave
Microwaves are essential to all kitchens, from thawing meat for elegant meal prep to reheating those divine breadsticks you always get to go when leaving Olive Garden. If your family is like mine, when returning home from evening activities, there’s a race from the door to the refrigerator to determine who gets to heat their […]
October Cartoon: 5 FAQs About Wound Care for Food Handlers
Accidents happen, especially when working with many of the dangerous tools in a commercial kitchen. If you get cut while preparing food, you need to know how to properly care for it. Blood can spread diseases when it gets on food or food utensils. Below, we’ve answered some common questions food handlers have when dealing […]
Stand-Up Training: Food Employee Illness Training
Empower Employees Through Food Safety Training Food workers who go to work sick are a major cause of foodborne illness outbreaks. Use this training to teach your employees the importance of reporting symptoms and staying home from work when they are sick. Learning Objectives You may choose to read these learning objectives with your employees […]
Providing Secure, Convenient Food Safety Training
Training and reporting tools built for you Did you know that StateFoodSafety has different delivery options available to enable clients to streamline food safety training for their employees? Our focus is to provide your training in the most convenient and secure method way possible. Depending on the needs of your company, we can deliver training […]
How We Help Companies with Food Safety Compliance
The process for ensuring your company is compliant with food safety regulations can be long and tedious. First, you have to find your area’s food code and navigate through the complex legal language to find what applies to you and your establishment. Then, if you can’t find everything you need, you have to get any […]
Managing Turnover in the Quick Service Restaurant Industry
This summer I took my family to Lagoon. Lagoon is an amusement park in Utah, and it has an intact wooden carousel that was built in 1893. Each animal was lovingly designed and crafted more than 110 years ago. The artists spent hours painstakingly sanding, painting, and finishing each unique animal. It is a magical […]