In this coronavirus pandemic, we should be practicing social distancing, eating healthy foods, washing our hands frequently, and as much as possible, staying at home.
To stay safe from coronavirus, we should have a strong immune system.
Healthy foods are fresh, clean, and well prepared. For food safety we have some certifications and ServSafe is one of them.
What is food safety?
Food safety is a scientific discipline explanation of, “how food can be handled, prepared and stored in a way that prevents food-borne illness”.
How to determine food safety?
We should have some knowledge of the factors that can explain whether the food is safe or not.
ServSafe is a food and beverage safety training and certificate program managed by the U.S. National Restaurant Association. This authorization is essential by most of the restaurants as a basic qualification for their management staff.
Why is ServSafe important?
According to the Center of disease control, in 2016 47.8 million Americans contracted some sort of food-borne illness. That’s about 1 in 6 Americans. This number is shockingly high. These illnesses can be reduced with basic food safety knowledge and practices.
ServSafe certification includes the education of managers and food handlers.
What we will learn in ServSafe certification
- Importance of food safety
- Good personal hygiene
- Time and temperature control
- Preventing cross contamination
- Safe food preparation
- Receiving and storing food
- Methods like cooking, cooling and reheating
- Hazard analysis and critical control points
- Food safety regulations
Basically, ServSafe offers a food safety training and certification exam created by food service professionals to educate and measure the calibre of food workers.
Programs are available online or in a classroom.
ServSafe training course covers safe food handling, receiving food and proper food storage criteria, prevention of food-borne parasites as well as information regarding food allergens.
The training program also contains material concerning the risks elaborated in serving food.
There are five different ServSafe certifications available:
- Food Protection Manager
- Food Handler
ServSafe certifications are accepted in all fifty states as a nationally recognized food safety training program.
Now come towards the current situation of the world. In this coronavirus pandemic, we are fighting with an unseen enemy. We cannot fight with the issues regarding food safety.
Since our hospitals are already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, we should take some steps to help our country, our business, and our jobs.
So, we must put effort not to burden our healthcare system with the patients of food-borne illnesses.
To handle this, we should know about the food safety factors and must have knowledge about food safety practices.
In the end, our goals should be to eat healthy and live healthy.