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HST 1020 - Food Service Safety and Sanitation


Clock Hours: 30

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Industry Certifications ServSafe Food Handler 

Course Description:
Course will acquaint the student with the Food and Drug Administration’s Food codes as well as the challenges of sanitation and opportunities facing the worker in the food industry. 

Student Learning Outcomes:

  • Demonstrate and utilize proper personal hygiene and understand health precautions such as hand washing, use of gloves, hair restraints, etc in food handling practices. 

  • The student will learn the different pathogens, the categories of those pathogens and the environmental factors for transmission and symptoms. 

  • Summarize the requirements for proper storage and disposal of chemicals used in the food industry. 

  • Understand the Safety Data Sheet structure for chemicals and understand how to handle chemicals. 

  • Understand proper food handling and storage. 

  • Able to identify pests, rodents, and insects and have an understanding on how to prevent or put in place control procedures against these subjects.