About the Initiative
This is our attempt to simplify the concept of food safety through short video capsules. In the busy schedule that we all have, this should help you get a quick ramp on the topic. All our videos are less than 5min and should be great share with your food handlers. Include them in your induction programs and if you have none, then create an induction program and we are sure this will result in an informed food handler.
These videos are uploaded monthly, so please keep coming back to get the list of the latest videos. The videos are available free of cost and if you need offline copies, you can email us at fatafat@foodsafetyworks.in. If you have specific topics that you would like us to cover, you can send the topic of interest at the same email id.
Videos
Personal Hygiene & Behavior
Personal behavior and cleanliness is the key which reflects the food safety culture of your organization, and this video will help you to understand how you can maintain this at your food premises. This videos will brief you about all the good practices for maintaining personal behavior and cleanliness for ensuring food safety.
Effective Pest Management
Pests are naturally attracted to food. The presence of pests in food manufacturing and production areas have always been unacceptable. Pests can put your product and your business reputation at risk. This video will assist you with understanding the significance of pest control in the food business, type of pests, the nature of threats these pests pose, and what measures can be taken for compelling pest control and prevention.
Cleaning and Sanitization
Cleaning and Sanitisation are very important to the system in order to maintain a food safety culture.
Cleaning is the process of removing visible dirt, soil and food particles from the surface while, sanitization helps in reduction of the microbial count such as bacteria, viruses and other micro organisms to the level considered as safe.
Therefore, it allows a healthy and positive working environment, prevents food poisoning, spoilage and many such benefits.
Temperature control
Temperature control is one of the many important pillars contributing to the food safety. It is also one crucial factor to be adhered to from the time of receiving any raw material, processing, holding, storing and distributing.
What happens if the temperature is not met during one of these steps?
What are the risks associated with the food that is not received/ cooked/ stored at the right temperature?
So what is the right temperature to cook, store and reheating of different food items?
Cross Contamination during food processing
Cross contamination can be a huge problem when it comes to food production and specific strategies must be used to ensure there is no cross contamination. This short video talks about segregation, good storage practices, cleaning and sanitization regimen that will help achieve the goals.
Safe Hand Wash
Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of diarrheal and respiratory infections that spread from one person to another. In this video, we talk about the safe hand washing method.
Water Supply
Water is an important element in all food processes. It is an ingredient for the preparation of beverages and food products, the most important media for cleaning and sterilization of equipment and processing plants, and an unavoidable source in the utilities when heating, cooling, and power generation are required.
Storage Practices
Learn how to store food in a food processing facility. Follow the practices as they are explained in this video and you will be able to store food in an easy, safe, and environmentally friendly way. This FatAFat Food safety video is for all those who want to know more about the storage practices for food in a facility.
