Food Safety Employee Training

Benefits Food Service Workers and Your Business!

Food establishments are responsible for keeping food safe for their customers. To reduce potential foodborne health hazards in Minnesota food service establishments, all persons working in food service should have BASIC food safety training. 

 Food Safety Employee Training is a flexible, fun training that provides BASIC need-to-know safe food handling practices for employees with little to no experience as well as a refresher for those with experience. Topics include:

• Preventing Foodborne Illness
• Food Temperature Control
• Personal Hygiene
• Preventing Cross Contamination
• Preparing/Serving Food Safely
• Cleaning and Sanitizing
  …and more

Audience

Food Safety Employee Training is for persons currently working in or interested in working in the food service industry. This training provides BASIC need-to-know food safety information. The training will be designed for and delivered to entry-level to experienced staff in all areas of the food service industry (i.e. wait staff to salad preparer to chef to dishwasher).

Format

Face-to-face workshops are held in food service establishments or in central community sites. The two-hour workshops are interactive and provide hands-on training.

Trainings are also available in Spanish.

Cost

$25 (includes a certificate of participation). A fee scale is available for establishments with twelve of more employees participating in the training.

Contact

Connie Schwartau

To schedule training in your establishment or in your community, you need:

• A minimum of 15 participants/food service workers from your establishment or from several establishments in your community
• A training site/location

OR

Register for one of the classes listed below!

Print a brochure and register by mail:

• Summer/Fall 2008 registration brochure (pdf) - July - December 2008 OR

Registration deadline is 2 weeks prior to course. Course will be cancelled if less than 15 participants are registered. Refunds will be given if course is cancelled, participants may transfer to another location. If participant cancels and course books have been sent, refund will not be granted. You may send someone in your place. Course books are mailed the day of the registration deadline.

Upcoming Sessions for Summer/Fall 2008

Alexandria
June 19; 2-4pm

St. Cloud
July 9; 9-11am

Moorhead
July 14; 2-4pm

Little Falls
August 27; 9-11am

Worthington
September 4; 2-4pm

Rochester
September 10; 2-4pm

Thief River Falls
September 25; 3-5pm

Montevideo
September 30, 2-4pm

Elk River
November 12, 9-11am

Marshall
November 20, 2-4pm

Aitkin
December 4, 2-4pm