Food Safety and Hygiene

In this course, we look at the important aspects of food safety and hygiene for healthcare professionals who are involved with food handling in the homes of vulnerable people.


Routine application of this knowledge to food handling duties will minimise the risk of food contamination and subsequent ill health and ensure compliance with food safety law.

Topics are covered in four sections and in section 1 include: Food poisoning and Food and safety law (including hazard analysis) followed by a short quiz.

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Topics in Section 2 include: Food Spoilage, Personal Hygiene, Handwashing Techniques, Food Labelling, Food Shopping and Transportation and Delivered and Gifted Food followed by a short quiz.

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Topics in Section 3 include: Food Preparation and Storage, Handling Raw Meat, Temperature Control and the Cooling, Freezing, Defrosting and Reheating of foods followed by a short quiz.

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Topics in Section 4 include: Cleaning, Safe Disposal of Food Waste and Pest Control followed by a short quiz.

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Any copying in whole or in part of the text of this training programme is strictly prohibited. Moral rights of the author under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 are asserted.