Purpose

To impart adequate knowledge in safe handling food to achieve the most relevant good hygiene practices pertaining to the basics of food safety and good hygiene practices in food distribution businesses in the Abu Dhabi Emirates.

Who can attend

All food handlers engaged in food handling in the food business and food service industries like restaurants, cafes, catering, hotels, foodstuff trading, foodstuff warehouses, groceries, coffee shops, supermarket without catering etc. in the Emirates Abu Dhabi in line with the requirements of the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority.

Training Approach

 The Essential Food Safety Training (EFST) is a food handlers program developed by Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA).
 The Essential Food Safety Training for staff (basic food hygiene training) is a computer-based PowerPoint presentation.
 It takes six hours duration; which includes one coffee break (5 minutes), a lunch break (30 minutes) and the maximum number of attendees should not exceed 15 nos. in each session.
 End of the session, the course booklets are distributed to all attendees and as per ADFCA regulation, only one language is allowed in one session.
 This course includes the following four essential safe handling, how to avoid cross contamination, how to cook, how to clean effectively and how to chill food safely.

Training Tools

 Laptop
 Projector
 White Screen
 Flip Charts
 Training handout & Exercises
 Classroom discussion
 Question paper
 Medium: English,Hindi, Malayalam , Urdu , Arabic

Duration:6 Hours

Evaluation and certification

Evaluation and certification will be done by the third party certification body.