Food safety training is a legal requirement for individuals involved in the preparation, handling or cooking of food. If your role involves preparing or serving food it is important you keep to the strictest standards of hygiene, particularly when working with vulnerable, frail people. Learning activity Workbook notes Identify some of the food safety hazards that can through the preparation, serving, clearing away and storing of food and drink 2. Explain why surfaces, utensils and equipment must be clean for food preparation. 3. What personal protective clothing should you wear when handling food? You work with Ruth who has a mild learning disability. On helping her to develop her weekly shopping list you go into the kitchen to check with her what she needs to buy. Ruth enjoys eating jacket potatoes with lots of different fillings for lunch and you notice on the worktop an opened packet of ham with flies around it, and mouldy cheese. When you ask Ruth to check the fridge to see if she has more in there, as these need to be thrown away, you see that an uncooked chicken that’s out of date has leaked a bit on top of her new packet of ham. What are the issues in terms of food hygiene? How could you support Ruth to manage food storage and disposal more safely. Explain what happen if food safety measures are not followed when providing food and drink for individuals in your/ a work setting. 6. Outline steps that you would need to take to find out about and take account of food allergies.
Food safety training is a legal requirement for individuals involved in the preparation, handling or cooking of food. If your role involves preparing or serving food it is important you keep to the strictest standards of hygiene, particularly when working with vulnerable, frail people. Learning activity Workbook notes Identify some of the food safety hazards that can through the preparation, serving, clearing away and storing of food and drink 2. Explain why surfaces, utensils and equipment must be clean for food preparation. 3. What personal protective clothing should you wear when handling food? You work with Ruth who has a mild learning disability. On helping her to develop her weekly shopping list you go into the kitchen to check with her what she needs to buy. Ruth enjoys eating jacket potatoes with lots of different fillings for lunch and you notice on the worktop an opened packet of ham with flies around it, and mouldy cheese. When you ask Ruth to check the fridge to see if she has more in there, as these need to be thrown away, you see that an uncooked chicken that’s out of date has leaked a bit on top of her new packet of ham. What are the issues in terms of food hygiene? How could you support Ruth to manage food storage and disposal more safely. Explain what happen if food safety measures are not followed when providing food and drink for individuals in your/ a work setting. 6. Outline steps that you would need to take to find out about and take account of food allergies.