How far food handlers branch out into your community

Where there are people there is food; and where food exists there will always be people who serve and prepare it. Most of us would not notice, but in an average day we come across a minimum of at least 4 food handlers.

Leave home from work and you go to pick up your favourite coffee and there is always someone preparing the coffee while someone else serves it for you or helps your coffee get into your bag in the driveway. Then again during lunch, go to the company cafeteria or simply heading out to your favourite restaurant; there is again that ‘someone' who has prepared the 3 course meal in the kitchen or ‘many' who have helped deliver the food you consume in the cafeteria.

That ‘Someone' is a food handler, the one responsible for getting food safely and disease-free for your lunch, breakfast, snacks and dinner. Food handlers exist where ever food is being handled, prepared or stored. Food handlers are the ones who bring in the fresh veggies and cold cuts every morning at your favourite sub joint; they are the ones that bring food to your table at a restaurant and even those who you meet at your favourite hotdog stand for that quick bite.

Food handlers are everywhere, even in the cafeterias of schools and as servers at a wedding reception which is why it necessary that they know how to serve food. Knowing about the do's and don'ts of the food business is essential to both the business and the patrons who walk-in every day. If a food handler does not know about the basics of food handling or storing food at the right temperatures, he/she could wreak havoc in the community by spreading food borne illnesses via the food.

If you are a business owner make sure that your food handlers are certified. This is for two reasons; one because it is mandatory by law (except for certain counties) and two because it will avoid food safety violations that can and will destroy your business for good. A California food handler's card is the only way in which you can get your employees certified and SafeWay Certifications has the perfect solution for the same. Online certifications are today more convenient, user-friendly and intuitive compared to the good old days when test takers had to travel to the classrooms to give the tests. An online food handler's certificate in California from SafeWay Certifications can be taken anywhere and at anytime which makes it convenient since they barely have any spare time at hand to begin with. Moreover the test which is conducted via Thomson Prometric can be covered in a matter of hours, with certificates that can be printed out at the end of the test.

To know more about SafeWay Certifications or how you can attain a food handler's permit in California, kindly visit them online at: http://www.californiafoodhandler.com