Training on Food Safety

Awareness

Nitin Soni
Food Technologist
Index
• Objective
• What is Food Safety?
• Why Food Safety is important?
• Threads to Food Safety
• Source of Contamination & Spoilage
• Responsibilities to maintain Food Safety
• Most recent cases of Food safety
Objective
After this training, we shall be able to:

• Explain what is food safety

• Explain biological, chemical and physical
hazards
• How to maintain hygiene
• Understand hoe to protect food from
contamination
What is Food Safety
Assurance that food will not cause harm to the
consumer when it is prepared and/or eaten
according to its intended use.
Why Food Safety is important?

Customer”s
expectations

Safe &
Fewer
Hygenic
Recalls
Food
Food
Safety

Consumer Control
Safety Hazards
Threads to Food Safety
Food Safety Hazards: A biological, chemical or physical
agent in or condition of, food with the potential to
cause an adverse health effect.
Source of Contamination & Spoilage
There are multiple chance of contamination of food
due to multiple handlings

Production
Primary (Dumping
Purchase Storage Distribution
Production and
Packaging)

Controls at each of above steps are required to ensure that the food is safe
upon the time it is consumed by us.
Responsibilities to maintain Food
Safety
Employee’s responsibilities
• Practicing safe food handling
• Follow the instruction and
SOPs
• Working safely
• Using the personal protective
equipment
• Maintain personal hygiene
• You must refuse to do a task
where you are at undue risk
of injury or disease
• If you see an hazard or
accident.
• If you feel sick or get hurt
Employer’s responsibilities
• Have a food safety plan
• Have a cleaning and
sanitation plan
• Provide trainings to
employees
• Provide supervision
• Inspect safe work place
• Provide PPEs
• Provide First aid kit
Most recent Food Safety Cases
Not responding is a response - we
are equally responsible for what
we don't do.

Thank You