Food Hygiene Awareness Health and Social Care Teaching Resources

6 PowerPoint presentations and 24 Word documents (Handouts and Learning Activities.) Suitable for trainers, training agencies, care settings, care staff and for use on full and part time courses including QCF.

Presentation 1 The Basics – Slide Titles:

- Why is Food Hygiene Important?
- Symptoms of Food Poisoning
- Who is at Risk?
- The 4 Cs
- Cleaning
- Cooking
- Chilling
- Cross-contamination
- Hand Washing
- Effective Hand Washing
- Preventing Cross - contamination
- Summary
- References

Presentation 2 The Principles – Slide Titles:

- The Importance of Food Hygiene
- What Does Keeping Food Safe Involve?
- Who Handles Food in a Care setting?
- What is Food Poisoning?
- What Causes Food Poisoning?
- Vulnerable Groups
- Babies and Young Children
- The Elderly
- Pregnant Women
- People who are ill
- Symptoms of Food Poisoning
- Food Poisoning Statistics
- Good Working Practices
- Summary
- References

Presentation 3 The Practice – Slide Titles:

- General Principles
- Room Temperature Storage
- High Risk and Perishable Foods
- Canned Foods
- Uncooked Meat
- Cooked Meat
- Dry/De-hydrated Food
- Re-hydrated Food
- Salads
- Refrigerators
- Freezers
- Stock Rotation
- Freezing Food
- Thawing Food
- Summary

Presentation 4 Effective Hand Washing

Can be used as a stand-alone learning resource or trainer led to accompany
a practical session

Presentation 5 Effective Hand Washing

Presentation 6 - Food Poisoning Outbreaks

- 11 Scenarios

- Key Points slide for each activity as a summary after activity has been completed

Word Documents (Handouts)

- Environmental Health
- Food Poisoning
- Food Safety Practices
- Food Storage & Temperature
- General Food Storage
- Good Practice
- Hand Washing Technique
- Hand Washing
- Hazard Analysis
- Reasons for Food Poisoning
- Recommended Fridge Maximum Storage (Meat)
- Risk Analysis
- Temperature Monitoring of Hot Food

Word Documents (Learning Activities)

- Food Hygiene
- Hand Washing and Decontamination
- Hand Washing Technique

Word Documents (Templates)

- General Risk Assessment Form
- Cleaning Schedule
- Delivery Checks Monitoring Form
- Hygiene and Training Record


*Various activities are also included in Presentations 2 and 3

*Presentation 4 is a dedicated Group Activity session

The Activities are included in Presentation 2, with some speaker notes.



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