If you work in a facility in San Diego County California that prepares, stores, serves, or handles food products, you need to complete food handler training. Our course ensures you meet these requirements. Additionally, the course teaches you valuable lessons for preventing foodborne illness. You’ll learn about food safety guidelines for personal hygiene, food storage, preparing and handling food, and maintaining a safe environment.
Once you complete the lessons and pass the final exam with a score of at least 80%, you will earn your certificate of completion. You can use your certificate to show proof that you’ve completed an approved food safety training course.
Topics Covered
- Lesson 1: Introduction to Food Safety
- Lesson 2: Major Causes of Foodborne Illness
- Lesson 3: Employee Health and Hygiene
- Lesson 4: Protection from Contamination
- Lesson 5: Temperature Control
- Lesson 6: Consumer Advisory Requirements
- Lesson 7: Approved Food Sources and Storage
- Lesson 8: Sanitizing Equipment and Utensils
- Lesson 9: Pest Control
What You'll Learn
- Define food safety and the impact on proper adherence, critical control points, and industry requirements
- Identify major causes of foodborne illness and ways to prevent
- Understand the importance of employee health and hygiene
- Identify three types of contamination, explain how food becomes hazardous, and recognize how to preserve food
- Comprehend time, temperature, and control with relation to food handling
- Recite and recall consumer advisory disclosures, reminders, and requirements
- Considerations for approval of meat, poultry, and food sources and storage methods
- Perform steps to clean, sanitize, and dry equipment
- Identify signs and eradication procedures for pest infestation