Food Handler Card

Knowledge required by the authority to all workers in contact with food.

In an 8-hour course that aims to:

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-How to properly handle food

- Show the minimum hygiene conditions.

- The cold and heat chain

- Waste management and treatment.

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Program:

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-Food handling

-Consumption of wrongly handled food

- Alteration and contamination of food

- Factors that favor bacterial growth

- Source of food contamination

- Illnesses transmitted through food

- Food preservation methods

- Hygiene as a preventive measure

- Cleaning and disinfection: concept and difference

- Materials in contact with food

- Pest control

- Information and food labeling

- Waste handling

- Responsibility and self-control

- Related legislation