COURSE OVERVIEW:
Often a food business will rely on a supplier’s reputation, but just what does it mean to be a reputable supplier and how does one measure a company’s reputation? Can one company, by definition, be more reputable than another?
The confidence a food business can place in a supplier might be regarded as having a monetary value since it has implications as to whether that business can raise a successful ‘due diligence defence’ in the event of legal action by a food authority or trading standards officer. It can be worth a company investing in the time, energy and money it takes to audit a main supplier, or the supplier of a critical ingredient, in order to show that such confidence has been well placed.
On the other hand, adequate food storage facilities are necessary in any food business in order to ensure that minor fluctuations in supply do not adversely affect sales and/or production. Furthermore, storage conditions must ensure that foodstuffs are maintained at high quality, both nutritionally and bacteriologically, as possible. This can only be achieved by ensuring that correct systems of storage and rotation are applied, that temperature and ventilation are ideal, and that foodstuffs are stored in properly constructed containers.
Failure to apply sound storage principles can at the very least lead to early decomposition of foodstuffs with the consequent reduction in shelf life. More serious problems could occur if food poisoning organisms were allowed to multiply to dangerous levels during storage.
The first part of this course focuses on how to determine, at first hand, whether a particular supplier can be relied upon to produce a commodity of acceptable quality and one that is safe.
The second part explains how to ensure that correct systems of safe transportation, storage and rotation of foods are applied and how to make sure that temperature and ventilation are ideal for the foods. Then discusses how foodstuffs should be properly stored.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:
- The importance of choosing a reliable supplier
- What is a supplier audit?
- The quality assurance questions for the supplier before visiting their site
- What to do before visiting the supplier?
- How to inspect the suppliers’ premises?
- How to close the supplier audit?
- The importance of having a recording and scoring system of the audit
- The effective delivery and receiving practices
- The temperature control requirements for the delivery of different foods
- The importance of drawing up the product specification and supplier specification documents
- How to check the suppliers’ delivery process?
- How to check delivery areas?
- The receiving and storage of food
- The importance of having adequate storage facilities
- Contamination that might be caused by storage facilities
- The five basic storage systems
- The stock rotation system
- The cold-holding of perishable foods
- How to ensure the safe storage of food items?
- The storage temperatures of different types of food
- Temperature variations control and monitoring
- Cross-contamination prevention
- Ventilation for necessary foods
- Storage life of food products
- Storage best practice
- The importance of food temperature control
- How to measure food temperature?
- Measurement points of food temperatures
- How to measure storage temperatures?
- Air temperature measurement in storage equipment
- Best practice in transportation of food
- The construction and maintenance of containers used for transporting food
- Protection from contamination during transportation
- Temperature control during transportation
COURSE DURATION:
The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.
COURSE DELIVERY:
Purchase and download course content.
ASSESSMENT:
A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.
CERTIFICATION:
Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.