Person-in-Charge for Food Safety
Course Description
Introduction to Food Safety
- Understand food safety and business operator/staff responsibilities with regards to food safety
- Understand the regulatory and legislative framework in Dubai
- Understand disease surveillance data, common foodborne diseases in Dubai
- Understand factors that commonly contribute to foodborne illness
Prerequisite Programs
- Understand the role of personal hygiene in preventing contamination and foodborne illness
- Identify the hygiene practices that employees should follow before reporting to work and while at work
- Understand how the design, layout, construction,
- Understand the implementation, management, and application of good hygiene practices, cleaning, disinfection, waste disposal, and pest control and maintenance of premises and equipment can affect food safety
- Understand the procedures of supplier approval and stock control
- Understand the concepts to assess training and competency needs of employees
Understand the Hazards and Control Measures
- Understand microbial, chemical, physical hazards and allergens
- Understand risk factors linked to these hazards and control measures
- Explain methods for monitoring and recording food safety hazards
- Determine the appropriate corrective actions required if food safety hazards are not controlled
Manage Food Safety Compliance
- Explain food business operator and staff responsibilities with regard to food safety legislation
- Implement the requirements of food safety legislation and procedures for compliance and enforcement
- Explain the food inspection system
- Explain how to use the Foodwatch platform
Food Safety Management System
- Explain the principles of HACCP
- Understand the controls needed to protect the safety of food as relevant to the type and nature of the business
- Manage microbial, physical, chemical and allergen food safety risks relevant to the type and nature of food business
- Understand how to handle risks associated with raw or partially cooked ready to eat food
- Manage and maintain food safety documentation and records via Foodwatch