learn2serve

When you visit a pub, a restaurant or hotel; a motorway cafeteria or a takeaway, you take it for granted that all of the people working in the kitchen and front of house are doing all that they can to ensure that your food and drinks are delivered to you free of germs, bacteria and anything else that could cause you harm. Fortunately , the law insists that all food handlers are well educated in food handler's hygiene training. Food hygiene regulations lay out requirements so that all food handlers, not just those in the top restaurants, are well supervised and are instructed and trained in all of the necessary food hygiene topics. When people are new to the food industry, it is obviously essential that they are trained in all of the safe ways to handle food so that the general public is protected. However, over time, people have a tendency to relax some of their everyday responsibilities, which is why retraining and supervision is so important where food is involved. How Ger...

What is CFH? A Certified Food Handler (CFH) is a person who has cleared an approved examination and holds a valid certificate of food safety. To clear the approved examination and getting the certificate, every interested individual must possess the basic knowledge of sanitation and food safety. Any establishment, who is engaged in preparing, handling, or serving unpackaged foods which are potentially hazardous as well, must hire a Certified Food Handler (CFH). Hiring a CFH is also important for mobile food preparation units and commissaries. When CFH is not required? Places which serve unpackaged and non-potentially hazardous foods do not require the presence of a CFH; they include but are not limited to: Pet food stores; Gas stations that make coffee; Stores that sell only prepackaged food; Liquor stores; Pharmacies; Food facilities operated by county offices, Schools, and community colleges; Certified farmers markets; Mobile food facilities that only sell prepackaged fo...