29 Jul 2023 Great new training option in basic food safety practices
For most food production companies, basic food safety and hygiene training needs to be conducted at least annually as refresher training, as well as when new food handlers join the team. Here’s news of a great practical solution….
Leading food safety advisory and training group, Entecom, has developed a useful and accessible new course on basic food safety practices.
This eLearning, video-based half-day Basic Food Safety Practices course covers all the food hygiene requirements, freeing up management and negating the headache of trying to organise group training interventions in a busy food business.
The course, aimed at food handlers, comprises 26 videos, which cover requirements as per R638 (SA Food Hygiene Regulations) and topics such as;
- Microbiological, chemical, physical and allergen hazards in detail
- Food safety and hygiene policy
- The certificate of acceptability
- Responsibility of the Food Handlers (as the Hygiene Regulation – R638)
- Food safety hazards (physical, chemical, microbiological and allergens)
- Personal hygiene and health
- PPE
- Allergen control
- Pest control
- Recall and traceability
- Waste
- Cooking
- Storage
- Cleaning and sanitation
- Temperature control
- Thawing and display
- Food defence and food fraud
- An overview of HACCP
The videos make use of real workplace examples and are delivered in short, five-minute bite sizes. There are six automatically marked online assessments. A digital certificate will be awarded once all assessments are successfully completed.
With this eLearning video-based Food Safety Practices course you can:
- Let food handlers log into the eLearning platform at times convenient for all parties
- Ensure that all food safety practices are covered
- Ensure that training is of a consistent standard
- Have all assessments and certificates done online
- Save time, money and ditch the paperwork headaches
To purchase the course – at a very cost-effective R385, click here: https://elearning.entecom.co.za/product/basic-food-safety-practices/