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Food safety awareness for food workers

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for restaurant. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons, 12-question final check. Last reviewed 12 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 7 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Food safety awareness for food workers course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 12-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why this matters · 8 min

    Explain how foodborne illness happens and why food workers are central to prevention.

  • Lesson 2: Clean hands, healthy workers · 8 min

    Identify biological, chemical and physical hazards and TCS foods.

  • Lesson 3: Control time & temperature · 8 min

    Apply hand hygiene, glove use and the "no bare-hand contact" rule.

  • Lesson 4: Prevent cross-contamination · 6 min

    Keep food out of the danger zone: cook, hold, cool and reheat to safe temperatures.

  • Lesson 5: Your kitchen & when things go wrong · 5 min

    Report illness symptoms and diagnoses as required.

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 5 min

    12 questions, 80% to pass. The result is saved to the learner's record.

Awareness only: this template does not issue an official card or certificate.

Based on: FDA Food Code 2022 (with Nov 2024 Supplement) - §2-103.11 (PIC duties), §2-201 (employee health), §2-301 (hand hygiene),…

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

The course itself is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session. Whether online delivery meets your local rules depends on the law that applies to you, so check FDA Food Code 2022 or ask your own counsel.

At hire + annually (best practice); food handler card renewal per state.

Restaurant, café, catering, hotel kitchen, school cafeteria, convenience-store and event food workers.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when. Check the retention period that applies to you in FDA Food Code 2022.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply. Keep anything your own law requires you to cover.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Which Food Code edition your health department enforces
  • Whether a card is required and the approved providers
  • Illness reporting contact
  • Pic by shift
  • Sanitizer type and ppm
  • Cleanup kit location
  • LMS or record system
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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