FOOD HYGIENE & SAFETY AWARENESS

FOOD HYGIENE & SAFETY AWARENESS

Food Hygiene & Safety Awareness is a course that is specially designed to help food handlers in food industry to have a sound knowledge of food hygiene & safety. This program will not only improve participants’ knowledge but will also improve awareness & confidence that is needed in throughout performance in order to provide clean & safe food to customers.

1. Introduction to Food & Beverage
  • Definition of Food
  • Definition of Nutrition
  • Functions of Food
  • Type of Food
  • Classification of Food Service Industry:
  • Primary & Secondary Catering sectors
  • Commercial & Welfare
  • Non-captive market, Captive market & Semi-captive
  • market
  • Types Of Restaurants
  • Types of menus
2. Food Allergen
  • What is Food Allergy
  • What is an allergic reaction to food
  • What is Anaphylaxis
  • Common Food Allergies in Infants, Children & Adult
  • Food Allergy vs Food Intolerance
  • Diagnosing Food Allergy
  • Preventing & Treating Food Allergy
3. Food Preservation
  • What is Food Preservation
  • Causes of Deterioration
  • Food Preservation Methods: Traditional and Modern
  • Techniques
  • Controls of Water and Structure
  • Control of Atmosphere
4. Food Hygiene
  • Food Handler:
  • Health & Self hygiene
  • Grooming
  • Good & Bad practices
  • Hand wash & sanitizer
  • Kitchenware:
  • Clean & in good condition
  • Towel classification
  • Washing Utensils
  • Washing Practise
  • Premise:
  • Clean & Dirty premise
  • Cleaning Tools
  • Facilities
  • Pest Control
  • Waste Management
5. Food Safety
  • Raw Food Handling:
  • Category & Selection
  • Storage
  • Thawing Methods
  • Bacterial Activity
  • Danger Zone
  • Cross Contamination
  • Good & Bad Handling Practise
  • Cooked Food Handling
  • Food preparation & Serving
  • Storage of Cooked Food
  • Food Packaging
  • Transportation
6. Food Poisoning
  • Define Food Poisoning
  • Types of Food Poisoning
  • Bacteria, Viruses, Mould and Yeasts
  • Factors causes food poisoning
  • The Law and Legal Requirements
HRD Corp will be introducing a service fee that will be imposed to HRD Corp registered training providers starting from 1 February 2021 as stated in Training Provider Circular no.3/2021.  In line with the implementation of the service fee, HRD Corp has revising its terms and conditions for course registration. 
As such, HRD Corp Claimable Courses course registration process has been simplified to allow different type of courses to register. The changes on HRD Corp Claimable Courses process are as follows:
  • Training providers do not have to provide complete course content.
  • The minimum requirement for trainer is 1 (one) trainer only. No minimum for e-learning (self-paced) course.
  • The minimum total duration of the course is 4 hours.
The actual claimable fee, training hours, type of training, and complete course information is subject to approval of each individual grant application.