Food Safety Works
Safe Food Handler Training is a course for food service workers that covers the basic requirements for safe food handling.
Topics covered include:
- Preventing foodborne illness
- Food temperature control
- Personal hygiene
- Preventing cross-contamination
- Preparing and serving food safely
- Cleaning and sanitizing
The 2012 Food Safety Works brochure provides dates and times for classes in English or Spanish.
For up-to-date information on food safety, please read our Food Safety Works Newsletter, a publication of Colorado State University Extension and Eagle County Environmental Health Department.
ServSafe® is a program of the National Restaurant Association and has become the industry standard in food safety training. The ServSafe® program provides accurate, up-to-date information on all aspects of handling food, from receiving and storing to preparing and serving. Participants range from chefs and restaurant managers to fast-food servers and volunteers working in food distribution programs. Food safety is critical in food service.
The eight-hour certification class is sponsored by CSU Extension and Eagle County Environmental Health. ServSafe® participants who score 75 percent or above on the exam become certified and are then qualified to become food handler instructors. Participants who score 90 percent or above become certified and are eligible to become ServSafe® Certification Instructors.
Safefood Information Network
The Safefood Information Network is research-based information to help consumers, food service and retail workers make informed food safety decision. It includes publications such as High Altitude Food Preparation; Food Safety for High Risk Audiences and Locally Grown Food & Farmers.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Education: "Ask Karen" is a knowledge base with information for consumers about preventing foodborne illness, safe food handling and storage, and safe preparation of meat, poultry, and egg products.
Mobile phone users can access m.askkaren.gov | En Español