1 Intro to food safety Flashcards
3 pillers of food safety?
Practice of eliminating harmful agents from food
Preventing food contamination
Ensuring food is fit for consumption
food safety exposure comes from thoes who
1 Grow – 2 process
3 ship – 4prepare
5 cook – 6 serve
7 handle food
food saftey standards are ment to ensure? Customers __ / employees ___/ and business owners ____
- customers feel safe
- emplyees work in clean, -pride in job
- business owers reduce risk
Food safety- what are the risks to business owners?
risk of insurance claims
civil lawsuits
criminal prosecution -unsafe food handeling & low standards
An important part of having high food safety standards is developing good practices and keeping good records. This will ensure?
- confidence in serving quality food to customers
- customer loyalty
- the establishment to withstand any false accusations of poor food safety standards and negligence.
Importance of Food Safety to Customers will do what?- when there is a high amount of food safety in an establishment, customers will respond how?
-helps to keep customers comfortable in your establishment
-keep a clean house will help customers have confidence that the food is that they are eating has been handled in a sanitary and proper environment
-leads to customer loyalty increases profit.
why teach employees food safety? 6 pillars.
- better understand the need to handle food properly
- encourage to keep clean environment
- Maintance is easier -less effort
- spirits up -good moral
- qualtiy of food is in direct relation
- less turn over in staff - money savings for business
Importance of food safety to customers
-mainting high safety standards will?
- Comfort
- build confidence in quality of food
- buy products from trusted wholesalers- high standard
- customers notice cleanliness (dinning room, uniforms, hands, sick)
- happy customer loyal customers
Crucial actions by managment for emplyees to ensure customer’s confidence in food quality?
good planning
consistent mangment
good communicaiton
things customers notices about what employees do?
Keep kitchen and food prep clean
dining room and restroom spotless
empolyee clean hands and uniforms, healthy (not sick)
employees that understand good food handleing will
keep workspace neat, clean, sanatized
be less resistant in making efforts to keep clean
be more willing to maintain high food saftey standards
when employees feel valued (food safety) they
-have receive clear, consistant communication
-have a direct impact on qulaity
-feel invested - less turn over
The problems that arise from poor standards in food safety are: the establishement will be the recipiant of what?
Complaints,
loss of customers,
unsatisfactory inspections,
increased food waste,
loss of employees and business profits,
hospitalizations, costly insurance, lawsuits, business closures.
The role that management plays in high food safety standards cannot be downplayed. Members of management are responsible for ensuring
(plan, train, equipment, supplies)
- a plan is developed, implemented, followed
- employees are trained
- there is proper equpment for food handeling
- there are supplies for cleaning, sanitizing the equipment
Training employees will help you implement your food safety plan. items of training include?
Store,correct, wash, clean
- store food in coolers- less cross contamination
- correct temp and hold food - less waste
- wash hands- less spread of viruses to co workers/ customers
- clean uniform - confidence for customer - increase loyalty
result of employee training in food safelty will likely reduce, reduce, recude?
- reduce turnover- safe searching new employee
- reduce code violation and poor inspections
- reduce busines closure
Foodborn hazards- food can be subjected to hazards from? 3 types of contamination are?
- physical contamination
- biological contaminaton
- chemical contamination
actions to reduce foodborn hazards that mangment can do include:
(purchase, devlop, train, require)
- purchase from reliable sources - good rep
- develop effective cleaning, sanitizing, chemical control, pest control, trash garbage removal
- train on handling of raw foods / cooked foods
- require standards of personal hygine
foodborn illness are hard to diagnose, not reported. they present themselves as?
estomach cramps- diarrhea
true number is hard to establish
unsue who to blame
foodborne illness CDC statistics
1 in 6 or 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, 3,000 die.
list the most popular causese of foodborn illnesses?
Poor personal hygiene,
contaminated equipment,
improper holding,
inadequate cooking,
unsafe sources
Concerning critiqal knowledge for MGT with reguards to foodborne illness. MGT will impart what knowledge to employees? (understand, prevent, identify)
-understanding how personal hygiene and illness relate
-prevent infected employees from contaminating food
- identify symptoms of food borne illness