1. Food safety Hygiene 8065-01 Unit 203: Food safety in catering

2. Food Safety Procedures An essential part of being a Tourism and Hospitality worker is the discipline to ensure that hygiene standards are maintained in all areas of the enterprise. Good hygiene takes effort! Why is hygiene so important?  Prevents the outbreak/spread of food- borne diseases  Helps maintain a clean, physical appearance of the establishment  It is a legal requirement  Produces more streamlined processes and less waste The first thing customers see when visiting your business is the establishment itself. If everything is clean and tidy, then the customers can reasonably assume that the establishment will be hygienic and safe to enter.

3. Food Safety Procedures Hygiene is also important from a business point of view. Businesses can only afford to employ people if they make money. To do this they must make more money from selling food than they spend on ingredients, staff wages and other costs of the business, such as storage and waste. Good food safety procedures assist a business as it helps minimise waste. For example, if food is stored correctly it will last longer and less will need to be discarded. It is important to remember that food safety is a legal requirement and non-compliance can cost the business a great deal. Fines may be issued or the business could even be temporarily, or permanently, closed down. Food safety is a critical aspect of workplace hygiene. Even if you do not work directly with food, your actions can indirectly affect food hygiene. For example, if a housekeeper does not follow the correct procedure when handling dirty linen, bodily fluids and bacteria could get onto a room service tray. If that tray is not washed correctly, the body fluids and bacteria could be transferred to the food preparation area.