Safe Food Depends on You: Training for Food Handlers

This training program is designed to teach entry-level, English- and Spanish-speaking workers food handling practices that will minimize the potential for spreading foodborne illness.

The program is meant to help the food industry meet food safety regulations that require a formal educational program for all workers. The training material covers proper hand-washing techniques, the wearing of appropriate clothing, and how to maintain good hygiene. These materials include:

• Videos (English and Spanish). Trainees can watch one of the 10-minute video presentations below. Each demonstration in the video is highlighted by a color poster hanging on the wall nearby. A few minor errors in food handling were deliberately included in the video, and one of the training exercises is to see how many of them employees can find. [[see http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/extension/communities/seafood_technology/safe_food/ ]]
• Training guide. This 33-page guide discusses the same techniques shown in the videos and includes activities in Spanish and English to reinforce the topics covered.
• Posters. The nine posters below, which are highlighted in the video, can be downloaded and posted in the workplace to further reinforce training activities.

This Training Program was created by the University of Delaware in cooperation with Extension Specialists at the Sea Grant colleges of Delaware and Maryland.