Food Safety: Safe Food Handling Training Course

Foodborne illnesses affect millions of people every year and can have serious consequences for customers, employees, and businesses. This Food Safety: Safe Food Handling Training Course provides practical guidance on FDA and USDA food safety recommendations designed to help prevent contamination, reduce foodborne illness risks, and promote safe food handling practices.

Participants will learn essential food safety principles, including cleaning and sanitizing procedures, preventing cross-contamination, proper cooking and storage temperatures, food emergency response procedures, and methods for maintaining food safety throughout the preparation and serving process.

Designed for food service employees, restaurant staff, kitchen personnel, food handlers, supervisors, managers, and anyone involved in food preparation, this training helps organizations strengthen food safety awareness, support regulatory compliance, and protect customer health.

Training Objectives

• Identify steps in safe food handling
• Understand guidelines for specific foods to help prevent illness
• Describe how to manage food safety during an emergency
• Identify the Food Danger Zone and methods to avoid it

Course Overview

Food safety plays a critical role in protecting public health and maintaining customer confidence. Whether operating a large food service facility, restaurant, cafeteria, catering business, convenience store, or food truck, organizations share the responsibility of ensuring food is handled, prepared, stored, and served safely.

This training explores food safety practices recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the four key principles of food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill.

Participants will learn how proper cleaning and sanitizing procedures help reduce contamination risks, why raw foods should be separated from ready-to-eat foods, how cooking temperatures affect food safety, and why proper refrigeration and storage practices are essential for preventing bacterial growth.

The course also reviews food-specific handling guidelines, temperature monitoring requirements, and the Food Danger Zone, where bacteria can multiply rapidly when foods are not properly controlled.

In addition, learners will examine food recalls, contamination events, and emergency preparedness procedures. The training highlights the importance of Food Defense Plans and outlines steps organizations can take to respond effectively to food safety emergencies and potential contamination incidents.

By understanding and applying safe food handling practices, organizations can help reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses, strengthen food safety programs, and protect both customers and business operations.

This program is available with Spanish and French closed captions.

Key Benefits

• Improves food safety awareness and knowledge
• Helps reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses
• Reinforces FDA and USDA food safety recommendations
• Strengthens contamination prevention practices
• Promotes proper temperature control and food storage
• Supports food safety compliance efforts
• Enhances customer health and safety protection

Course Details

• Course Length: 20 Minutes
• Language(s): EN / ES / FR
• SKU: AT161
• Produced: 2025

Includes a downloadable participant guide.

Streaming video is included with the license.

Compatible with your LMS or accessible through a hosted LMS platform.

Video Streaming Licensing Options

The pricing displayed above applies to the hosted video-streaming option and includes access for the selected number of learners based on the license tier selected.

Included with Your License

• Hosted video-streaming access
• Downloadable participant guide
• Closed captions (where available)
• Certificate of completion (where applicable)

Need Additional Delivery Options?

In addition to our hosted video-streaming solution, we also offer:

• SCORM course packages for LMS deployment
• Classroom Video-on-Demand training packages
• Enterprise licensing solutions
• Multi-year licensing options

Additional delivery options are priced separately from the hosted video-streaming licenses displayed above.

For organizations requiring access for more than 250 learners, SCORM deployment, classroom training packages, or enterprise licensing solutions, please contact us for a custom quote.