State Requirements:
This food handlers training course covers all topics discussed in California Senate Bill 602 and chaptered as section 113948 in the California Health and Safety Code.
LA County Certified Food Handlers Training
This food handlers course covers food safety issues, regulations, and techniques to maintain a food-safe environment. It will help you to better understand how handling food correctly is not only the law, but it improves safety and lowers cost as well.
California Food Handler Training
This food handlers course covers food safety issues, regulations, and techniques to maintain a food-safe environment. It will help you to better understand how handling food correctly is not only the law, but also improves safety and lowers cost as well.
Learning Objectives:
•To develop a better understanding of food safety, its importance, and those who enforce it
•To get acquainted with food-borne illness and what causes it
•To become familiar with biological, physical, and chemical contamination
•To better understand preservation and temperature control
•To learn the importance of proper personal hygiene in the workplace
•To get a better understanding of cleaning, sanitization, pest control, and facility design
Lesson 1: Introduction to Food Safety
Lesson 2: Personal Hygiene
•Common Hazards
•Hand Washing
•Skin, Hair, Mouth, Nose, and Throat
•Clothing, Jewelry, and Perfume
•Employee Sickness
Lesson 3: Contaminants
•Biological Contamination
•Physical Contamination
•Chemical Contamination
•Cross-Contamination
Lesson 4: Preservation and Temperature/Time Control
•Preservation
•Temperature and Time Control
Lesson 5: Cleaning and Sanitizing
•How to Clean and SanitizeLesson
6: Pest Control
•Pest Control
•EradicationPrevention
Lesson 7: Facilities and Safety Requirements
•Facilities
•Equipment
•HACCP Overview
State Requirments:
This food handlers training course covers all topics discussed in California Senate Bill 602
and chaptered as section 113948 in the California Health and Safety Code.
For more information, please review the Position Paper on the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) website:
http://www.ccdeh.com/announcements/124-ccdeh-position-paper-sb-602-implementation-food-handler-card
Is there a hard deadline (CE deadline)?
You must obtain a food handler card within 30 days of hire. The law states that food handlers hired prior to June 1, 2011 must obtain a food handler card on or before July 1, 2011. Food handlers hired on or after June 1, 2011 have to obtain a food handler card within 30 days after the date of hire.
How long is the access period?
Only until December 31, 2011.
In 2012, this course must be accredited by ANSI standard ASTM e2659 according to newly proposed SB 303.
Sample CA Responsible Beverage Course
California Responsible Beverage Service Training Off-Premise
Course Description: This course provides you with the necessary knowledge and techniques you need to be a responsible seller of alcohol. Specifically, you will learn how to protect yourself and your establishment from liability; how alcohol affects your customers; how to recognize the effects of alcohol on your customers; how to prevent customers from becoming intoxicated; how to intervene when you need to refuse a sale to someone; how to prevent and deal with disturbances; how to accurately check IDs and recognize minors; how to prevent second-party sales and loitering; and how to refuse a sale. This course is approved by the The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and is valid for two years.
California Off-Premise Learn 2 Serve Outline
LESSON 1 Introduction
• Alcohol use in the United States
• Responsibility as a Seller
• Liability
o Criminal liability
o Civil liability
LESSON 2 How Alcohol Affects the Body
• The Passage of Alcohol Through the Body
• Alcohol’s Effects on the Brain and Behavior
• Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
• Absorption Rate
• Other Factors in Intoxication
• Alcohol and other Drug Interactions
LESSON 3 Recognizing Intoxicated Customers
• Observing Customers
• Communicating with Customers
• Types of Drinkers
• Obvious Behavioral Clues
• How to Know When to Refuse Service to Someone
• The Weakest Drink: A Challenge of Real World Skills
LESSON 4 Preventing Disturbances
• Maintaining a Safe Environment
• Handling the Intoxicated
• Handling the Aggressive
• Loitering
LESSON 5 Liability
• Checking IDs
• Recognizing Fake IDs
• Compliance Checks
• Forms of Alternative Transportation
• Incident Documentation Log
• The Weakest Drink: A Challenge of Real World Skills
LESSON 6 Second-Party Sales
• Second Party Sales
• Shoulder-Tapping
• Switchouts
• Roleplay
LESSON 7 How to Refuse a Sale
• Refusing a Sale
• Refusing Sales to Minors
• Refusing a Second Party Sale
• The Weakest Drink: A Challenge of Real World Skills
LESSON 8 California State Regulations
• Administrative liability – ABC license sanctions
• California State ABC laws and regulations
o Retail Operation Standards – Section 25612.5 B&P Code
o Age of servers
o Hours of Operation
o Sales to minors
o Possession by minors
o Sales to obviously intoxicated persons
o Drinking driver laws
o Disorderly and/or disruptive premises
• Insurance
• Local ordinance requirements