DTY102 - Food Safety & Sanitation: The Basics (1.0 HR)
The purpose of this course is to train the food handler on how to handle and prepare food safely to reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Review concept of time and temperature control.
2. Review potentially hazardous foods.
3. Define for the employee involved with food preparation their role in documentation and maintaining accurate records.
4. Identify the four basic types of thermometers and their appropriate use.
5. Describe the method to calibrate a thermometer used for testing internal food temperatures.
6. Identify how to decrease the risk of cross contamination during food preparation.
7. Review those food items that would be categorized potentially hazardous foods (PHF).
8. Describe the relationship of time and temperature control as it relates to thawing, preparing, cooling, and/or reheating PHF.
9. Describe the four acceptable methods of thawing frozen PHF.
10. Describe the guidelines for use of pasteurized shell eggs and regular shell eggs (those not pasteurized).
11. Describe the concept of the variances of the acceptable internal cooking temperatures of various foods.
12. Describe the acceptable time and temperatures guidelines for cooling PHF.
13. Describe the concept of batch cooking.
Continuing Education Credits: 0 contact hours Iowa BON #335; 0 contact hours CA Board of Nursing CEP 14033; 0 contact hours CE Broker # 50-4572 Florida and District of Columbia; 0 contact hours for Social Work State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 159.001315; 0 contact hours for Physical Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 216.000284; 0 contact hours for Occupational Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 224.000164; 1.0 CE hours for certified nursing assistants; long term care department heads; and other health care disciplines.