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Basic food hygiene training teaches food handlers essential practices like proper handwashing, preventing contamination (biological, physical, chemical), safe food storage and cooking temperatures, effective cleaning, and pest control to prevent foodborne illnesses and meet legal standards. It's crucial for anyone working with food in restaurants, hotels, catering, and production, often mandated by local authorities like Dubai Municipality.
A Person in Charge (PIC) Certification, mandated by Dubai Municipality, is for supervisors in food businesses to ensure food safety ownership, covering hygiene, foodborne illness prevention, temperature control, and legal responsibilities, with accredited training required for at least one person per shift to maintain compliance and pass exams for an official certificate.
HACCP Levels 1, 2, and 3 provide progressive training in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, catering to different roles: Level 1 offers basic HACCP awareness for all staff; Level 2 deepens understanding for food handlers and supervisors; and Level 3 trains managers in developing, implementing, and maintaining full HACCP systems.
Advanced Food Safety programs focus on developing managers and supervisors for implementing, monitoring, and auditing comprehensive food safety systems like HACCP and international standards (ISO 22000, BRC, FSSC), covering in-depth microbiology, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
An essential food safety training program, often called EFST, is a mandatory course for food handlers (especially in Abu Dhabi) focusing on preventing foodborne illness by teaching core principles like proper cleaning, chilling, cooking, and preventing cross-contamination (the 4 Cs), along with personal hygiene and temperature control.
The Sharjah Food Safety Program (SFSP) is a government initiative aimed at improving food safety standards in the Emirate of Sharjah. It involves training, assessment, management system implementation, audit, and certification for the food sector, which includes over 7,000 food services, food retail, and food manufacturing businesses.
The Ajman Public Health Program (APHP) is a comprehensive initiative to safeguard public health in the Emirate of Ajman. The current scope includes food businesses, salons, barber shops and beauty centers. The APHP is based on the best international practice for training, examinations, management systems, audit and certification, as well as program management.