Food Hygiene Awareness

Food Hygiene Awareness

Issued by UWE Bristol

In our Food Hygiene Awareness course you will gain a basic understanding of good food hygiene practices, and also look at the four C’s: Cross contamination, cleaning, chilling and cooking. This bite sized Food Hygiene course covers all of the essential elements of working with food and provides the student with the current best hygiene and food preparation practices.

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Identify the reasons and benefits of hand washing
  • Describe and explain how you should wash your hands
  • Describe and explain how cross contamination can happen
  • Explain why it is important to check regularly for pests
  • Explain why it is important to chill food
  • Identify how soon leftovers should be refrigerated and at what temperature food should be chilled
  • Explain why food should be chilled as quickly as possible after preparation
  • List two ways how we can speed up the process of cooling down large pans of food
  • Students have been assessed and have achieved in excess of 80% to gain the accreditation