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Real job descriptions from the UK's chilled food manufacturing industry, falling into four main groups:

* Laboratory-based roles assuring the safety and quality of food
* Development roles working with food to develop and launch new products
* Working in the supply chain with suppliers and customers
* Working with teams in factories to help develop good manufacturing practices

Downloadable job descriptions:

Process Development Technologist
Product Development Technologist
Quality Assurance
Hygiene Manager
Technical Manager
Laboratory Technician
Microscopist
Technical Services Manager
Food Technologist

This is a repository of videos, quizzes and other items relevant to food hygiene and the chilled food sector.

You can even test your food safety knowledge with a ‘spot the food safety mistakes in a kitchen’ test:

Test Your Food Safety Knowledge:
Food Safety Myths Quiz
Spot the Hygiene Errors Video

Videos (courtesy of the Food Standards Agency):

Kitchen Confidential – What’s in my fridge?
Kitchen Confidential – Through the keyhole
Diarrhoea!
Washy Washy Hands – Hand Washing Technique Teaching Video
Hand washing for kids – Crawford the cat

The purpose is to introduce pupils to good and safe hygiene practices and habits. Have practical experience of the correct procedure to wash hands and why, not only in every day use and for cooking but in Food Industry also. Students will have an understanding of bacteria good & bad and what that means to the Food Industry. Have kinesetic learning activities to show how Food Companies have to have strict controls and processes to meet the high quality standards that are set, involving HACCP.

3 extension tasks with this section to consider ability of students and the course they are sitting – GCSE or BTEC.

Learning styles K, A, V.

Individual learners and creative thinkers.

Resources for the lesson:

4.1 picture of bugs (PDF)
4.2 picture of bacteria (PDF)
4.3 PPE (From food supplier)
4.4 Go kit (From supplier or school)
4.5 paper towels (School)
4.6 bacteria fact work sheet (Word)
4.7 & 4.8 personal hygiene ppt and notes (Word/Powerpoint)
4.9 personal hygiene scenarios (Word)
4.10 good hygiene rules (Word)
4.11 campylobacter (Word)
4.12 E.coli (Word)
4.13 listeria (Word)
4.14 salmonella (Word)
4.15 staphylococcus (Word)
4.16 tempoerature chart (PDF)
4.17 temperature chart template and work sheet (Word)
4.20 rotten Robbie (Word)
4.18 pictures of food companies and food products (PDF)
4.19 pencils, rubbers, colours, paper (School)
4.21 microbes poster activity (PDF)
4.22 pests (Word)
4.23 synopsis (Word)
4.24 What is e.coli (Word)
4.25 HACCP video (Media player)
4.26 MVM Cottage pie (Media player)
4.27 plenary (Word)
4.28 HACCP Sheets (Word worksheets)