Hygiene and Food Safety - Manager of Food Aid Resources | Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec

Presentation

Field

Restaurant services

Format

Online

Language

English
French

Duration

14 h

Training course adapted to the needs of community and charitable organizations

Tailored to the specific context in which these establishments operate, the Hygiene and Food Safety – Manager of Food Aid Resources training course is offered to community or charitable organizations working in a food aid context.

The staff of these organizations who exclusively manage food donations is under no legal obligation to attend training under the Food Products Act, but are nonetheless strongly encouraged to do so.

This training course is intended for:

Staff in charge of hygiene and food safety control at community or charitable organizations that deliver food aid (food distribution, emergency food aid, soup kitchen, collective kitchen, creative kitchen, recovery of unsold products from supermarkets, collective garden, etc.) or who process food intended for sale (even in a minimal or symbolic way), whether or not they hold a MAPAQ permit.

To find out what your institution’s obligations are with regard to the Hygiene and Food Safety training course, please visit the MAPAQ website (in French only).

Objectives

This training course is specifically designed to enable you to maintain a food safety control and contamination prevention system within your organization.

Content

Food storage temperatures
Working methods to avoid food contamination
General principles of hygiene that must be observed by anyone who comes into contact with food or with materials or equipment that come into contact with food
Procedures for cleaning, sanitizing or disinfecting materials and equipment
Environmental sources of food contamination
Microbiological, physical and chemical risks related to hygiene and food safety
Origin of the food
Food labelling
Risk analysis and assessment (hazard assessment)
Risk management (implementation of appropriate procedures and control measures and establishment of corrective actions where necessary)
Legal and regulatory standards relating to hygiene and food safety
Development of continuous training activities with regard to hygiene and food safety regulations
Food sorting
Food portioning
Food distribution

Note

The content of the Food Handler training course is included in the Food Establishment Manager training course.

Conditions

Online training, offered in English and French.
Training available for 90 days after the start of the viewing.
Registration must be made in the participant’s name if it is made by a third party.
Do you already have your Hygiene and Food Safety – Food establishment manager’s certification? You can register only for the “Food Aid Resources” 2-hour module for community and charitable organizations.

Exam

Once you have completed the online training, you will receive an email from your Regional Director of Public Health’s office with all the information you need to register for the MAPAQ exam.
Passing the exam entitles you to a food establishment manager’s attestation. The attestation will be mailed to you by MAPAQ within a few weeks of successfully completing the exam.
Please note that this attestation belongs to you, as you are its holder.

Cost

Thanks to a financial contribution from the Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS), we can offer this training free of charge to community and charitable organizations working in food aid resources.

Launched in 2008, this training course has been made possible thanks to many community partners: Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS); Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS); Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ); Banques alimentaires du Québec (BAQ); and Centre intégré universitaire de santé et des services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale (CIUSSSCN).

This web-based training receives financial support through measure 13.4 of the Plan d’action gouvernemental pour l’inclusion économique et la participation sociale (PAGIEPS), which aims to improve the knowledge and practices of MSSS staff as well as managers, staff and volunteers at community organizations that deliver food aid.

Registration

Those interested in registering for this training course should contact Noémie Robidoux, Member Service Coordinator at Les Banques alimentaires du Québec: