Foundations

Basic Food Safety Awareness

Learn the fundamentals of keeping food safe, preventing foodborne illness, and protecting customers.

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What you will learn

  • Food safety means controlling hazards so that food is safe to eat from receiving until service.
  • Unsafe food can cause illness, customer complaints, legal action, and loss of business reputation.
  • Food can become unsafe through biological, chemical, physical, or allergen contamination.
  • Food handlers must understand how their personal hygiene, work habits, and time management affect safety.