Meals of Love Food Handler Training
“While the food supply in the United States is one of the safest in the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 76 million people get sick, more than 300,000 are hospitalized, and 5,000 Americans die each year from foodborne illness. Preventing foodborne illness and death remains a major public health challenge.”
In addition, CDC estimates that foodborne illness costs the country $6.9 billion every year.
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website (http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/)
Every year in this country, millions of people get sick from the food they eat. Most of these illnesses can be prevented. This manual is designed to provide food service personnel with safe food handling guidelines in order to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses. Foodborne illness may devastate a community and take a serious financial toll on the food industry. Do your part by following food safety guidelines every day.