Food Hygiene training in North Dorset

Staff who handle food should appreciate the essentials of food hygiene before starting work, this should include:

• Personal hygiene

• Fitness to work

• Temperature control

• Cross contamination

• Cleaning procedures

• Labelling and other safety instructions

Staff that handle food should then receive further instruction from a competent person on the following within four weeks of starting work about:

• Temperature

• Food poisoning

• Personal health and hygiene

• Cross contamination

• Food storage

• Waste disposal

• Foreign body contamination

• Awareness of pests

• And any control or monitoring points identified by your food safety management procedure

Staff with a supervisory role and handle open food which is high risk must have training equivalent to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Foundation level food hygiene certificate within 3 months of starting work.

We are not running courses at present, however, if you have access to a computer there are now a range of training providers that can be found on the internet by searching for 'cd rom food hygiene training' or 'online food hygiene training', etc.  If you are considering this type of training for staff then you can check what is being offered as regards suitability concerning your training needs.  There are of course other ways of providing food hygiene training which may be more suitable (for example classroom based training and/or in-house training provision) and further advice can be provided if needed.

• Office Manager, Environmental Health & Licensing
  Name: Nicky Piper
  Email: npiper@north-dorset.gov.uk
  Tel: 01258 484381
  Fax: 01258 484298
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