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Food Safety: The Flow of Food

This guide provides resources for students in FSM1065 and others interested in learning about food safety.

Steps in the Flow of Food

Find resources here to keep food safe through all the steps of food service:

Purchasing and Receiving

Storing Food & Supplies

Preparing, Cooking, & Serving Food

Equipment & Supplies

Cleaning & Sanitizing

Helpful Video @ Harborside Library

Pest Control

Find "Keep Pests Out" poster and tips from the Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education.

Learn about "Pantry Pests" from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Lancaster County.

Purchasing & Receiving

The Iowa State University offers helpful guidelines for purchasing from local farmers. Also, take a look at its Checklist for Retail Purchasing of Local Produce.

Cleaning & Sanitizing

Find basic steps for cleaning and sanitizing kitchenware at the Iowa State University Extension.

Find "How to Sanitize" poster and tips from the Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education.

                View the video "What's the Worst that Can Happen? - Vol.3 Cleaning & Sanitizing in Foodservice" available at the Harborside LIbrary.

Equipment & Supplies

    

  Read about restaurant equipment safety on this "Restaurant Health and Safety" page from the Food Service Warehouse. Also find:

  •   food handling tips
  • info on preparing for health inspections
  • overviews of controversial food issues
  • a health and safety glossary

Learn about the different types of thermometers and how to use them properly at the USDA's "Appliances and Thermometers" fact sheet page.

Find out how to use and sanitize equipment properly during a "Boil Water Advisory" from the RI Dept of Health.

View videos and read fact sheets on equipment safety, operation, and sanitation from the Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education.

Storing Food & Supplies

Read the "Retail Shellfish Handling Guidelines" and view sample HACCP forms from the RI Dept of Health Office of Food Protection Shellfish Inspection Program. 

 View the video "FastTrack Food Safety: Receiving & Storage" available at the Harborside Library.

 

Preparing, Cooking, & Serving Food

 

Find "Cook and Chill" guidelines from the Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education.

Click on this great visual to see minimum internal cooking temperatures for different types of food.

View the video "What's the Worst that Can Happen? - Vol.5 Controlling time & temperature in foodservice" available at the Harborside Library.

 

Facilities

Find fact sheets for "Guidelines for Floors, Walls, & Ceilings" and "Handwashing Facilities" at the RI Dept of Health Office of Food Protection "Retail Food Documents" page.

Food Defense & Preparedness