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The Highfield
Level 1 Food Safety
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Housekeeping
Location of:
Location of:
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โ Fire Escapes
Fire Escapes
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โ Toilets
Toilets
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โ Smoking
Smoking
As a courtesy to others
As a courtesy to others
please
please TURN OFF
TURN OFF your
your
mobile phone.
mobile phone.
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An introduction to
An introduction to
food safety
food safety
Microbiological
Microbiological
hazards
hazards
Contamination
Contamination
hazards & pests
hazards & pests
Cleaning
Cleaning
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HACCP &
HACCP &
temperature control
temperature control
Personal hygiene
Personal hygiene
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Module 1
An introduction to food safety
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Course outcomes
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โ Aim
Aim
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โ To improve the food
To improve the food
safety knowledge and
safety knowledge and
skills of participants
skills of participants
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โ Outcomes
Outcomes
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โ To provide an
To provide an
understanding of
understanding of
principles of food
principles of food
safety, and know how
safety, and know how
to apply the knowledge
to apply the knowledge
gained to prevent food
gained to prevent food
poisoning and food
poisoning and food
complaints.
complaints.
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What are the definitions ofโฆ?
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โ Contamination
Contamination
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โ The presence or introduction
The presence or introduction
of a hazard, i.e. something
of a hazard, i.e. something
harmful or objectionable
harmful or objectionable
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โ Food hygiene/safety
Food hygiene/safety
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โ The measures to control hazards
The measures to control hazards
and to protect consumer health
and to protect consumer health
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โ safeguards food from harm
safeguards food from harm
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โ Food poisoning
Food poisoning
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โ An acute illness caused by
An acute illness caused by
eating contaminated or
eating contaminated or
poisonous food.
poisonous food.
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What are the definitions ofโฆ?
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โ HACCP
HACCP
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โ Hazard analysis critical control point
Hazard analysis critical control point
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โ a food safety management system
a food safety management system
to protect food safety
to protect food safety
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โ Hazard
Hazard
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โ Anything in food with the
Anything in food with the
potential to cause harm to
potential to cause harm to
consumers
consumers
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โ Risk groups
Risk groups
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โ Those people most at risk from
Those people most at risk from
food poisoning and most likely to die
food poisoning and most likely to die
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โ Safe
Safe food
food
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โ Food that is free of contaminants and will not cause
Food that is free of contaminants and will not cause
harm, injury or illness.
harm, injury or illness.
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What is the definition ofโฆ?
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โ Food Safety Management System
Food Safety Management System
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โ The policies and practices a food business needs to
The policies and practices a food business needs to
ensure it sells safe food
ensure it sells safe food
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What is the main reason for having
a food safety management system?
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โ To prevent food poisoning.
To prevent food poisoning.
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Chemical
(Results in
poisoning)
Allergenic
(Results in adverse
reaction).
Physical
(Results in
injury)
(Micro)biological
(Results in food
poisoning)
Common food hazards
There are 4 types of hazard:
There are 4 types of hazard:
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Causes of food poisoning
Bacteria/toxins
Bacteria/toxins Viruses
Viruses
Moulds
Moulds
Metals
Metals
Chemicals
Chemicals
Poisonous plants/fish
Poisonous plants/fish
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Food poisoning characteristics
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โ Incubation period
Incubation period
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โ 1 to 36 hours
1 to 36 hours
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โ Duration
Duration
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โ 1 to 7 days
1 to 7 days
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โ Usually requires a large
Usually requires a large
number of food poisoning
number of food poisoning
organisms to cause illness.
organisms to cause illness.
Some bacteria and viruses only
Some bacteria and viruses only
need low numbers to cause illness
need low numbers to cause illness
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What are the symptoms of food poisoning?
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โ Abdominal pain/stomach cramps
Abdominal pain/stomach cramps
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โ Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea
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โ Vomiting
Vomiting
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โ Nausea (feeling sick)
Nausea (feeling sick)
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โ Fever
Fever
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โ Dehydration
Dehydration
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โ Collapse.
Collapse.
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Risk groups
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โ Elderly
Elderly
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โ Very young children/babies
Very young children/babies
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โ Pregnant women
Pregnant women
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โ Ill people
Ill people
(
(Immunocompromised
Immunocompromised).
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What are the most common causes of food poisoning?
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โ Preparation too far in advance
Preparation too far in advance
and storage at room
and storage at room
temperature
temperature
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โ Slow cooling
Slow cooling
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โ Inadequate reheating/cooking
Inadequate reheating/cooking
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โ Contaminated food
Contaminated food
(cross
(cross-
-contamination or raw)
contamination or raw)
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โ Inadequate thawing prior to
Inadequate thawing prior to
cooking
cooking
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โ Food handlers (infected/bad
Food handlers (infected/bad
personal hygiene).
personal hygiene).
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GOOD hygiene
GOOD hygiene
BAD hygiene
BAD hygiene
The benefits of GOOD hygiene & the costs of BAD hygiene
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A good reputation/customer confidence/satisfaction
Protects customers
Protects brands
Food poisoning outbreaks (death/suffering)
A bad reputation/brand damage
Food contamination and customer complaints
Pest infestations
Waste food due to spoilage
Protects staff
Improved food safety, less risk of food poisoning
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What are the benefits or costs of food safety?
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Closure of the business
Fines and costs of legal action
Compliance with food safety legislation
Civil action from ill customers
Longer shelf life/less waste
Poor morale โ high staff turnover
Loss of business, lower profits
Good working conditions, high staff morale,
less staff turnover and increased productivity
Increased business, higher profits
Benefits or costs of food safety?
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What is the responsibility of a food handler
regarding food safety?
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โ Protect food at all times
Protect food at all times
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โ Follow good hygiene practice
Follow good hygiene practice
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โ Keep yourself and your protective clothing clean
Keep yourself and your protective clothing clean
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โ Report illnesses or conditions that could contaminate
Report illnesses or conditions that could contaminate
food to your supervisor
food to your supervisor
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โ Keep food out of the danger zone
Keep food out of the danger zone
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โ Clean as you go
Clean as you go
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โ Report maintenance problems and signs of pests to
Report maintenance problems and signs of pests to
your supervisor
your supervisor
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โ Follow instructions, including date
Follow instructions, including date-
-codes
codes
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โ Comply with the law.
Comply with the law.
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โ What is food safety?
โ Measures/conditions necessary to control hazards and to ensure safe
food
โ What are the 4 types of hazard?
โ Microbiological
โ Physical
โ Chemical
โ Allergenic
โ State three symptoms of food poisoning:
โ Abdominal pain/stomach cramps
โ Diarrhoea
โ Vomiting
โ Nausea (feeling sick)
โ Fever
โ Dehydration
โ Collapse.
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Test yourself
โ What is a hazard?
โ Something in food with the potential to cause harm
โ State 2 groups of people most at risk from food poisoning
โ Elderly
โ Very young children/babies
โ Pregnant women
โ Ill people
โ State 3 common hygiene faults that cause food poisoning
โ Preparation too far in advance and storage at room temperature
โ Slow cooling
โ Inadequate reheating/cooking/thawing
โ Contaminated food
โ Poor hygiene of food handlers.