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General Information:
The primary
purpose of this web site is to provide information concerning Food
Safety Management Certification Classes. The Food safety
certification is currently required only
in
Dekalb County, Georgia, but as all Georgia counties have been
informed by now, the new 2001
FDA Model Food Code
law is getting closer to passage from the GA Department of Human
Resources & Environmental Health. When the new draft becomes
law in less than a year, there will be
approximately 25,000 food
service establishments in Georgia that will need to be food safety
certified. There probably will be a waiting list to get in to take
classes in most areas of the state. Taking the food safety
certification class now will prevent a lot of problems for many
food service clients in the future.
Recognizing that there are
many different types of nationalities and immigrant languages
engaged in the food service business, there was a need to
accommodate the foreign-born food service owners, and managers, as well as native
Americans. Consumer
Education Service, a food
safety training school, designed a ServSafe
Food Safety Training Program for the state of Georgia to
accommodate five different languages, which are English,
Spanish, Chinese, Korean, & Vietnamese.
Food Safety Management
classes taught in English
will always be one-day
concentrated classes, with the test administered at the end of the
training day. All foreign
language classes will be two-day
classes, utilizing foreign language textbooks and translated study
sheets, as well as immigrant translators.
Classes
will be conducted in different areas of the Atlanta metro area, as
well as throughout the state of Georgia. The aim is to train and
certify as many students as possible in various geographic areas
of the state.
If a particular county or
region can encourage a minimum of 20 (English) or (15
non-English) foodservice students to take a Food Safety Management course,
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Consumer Education Services will be happy to teach the food
safety course in your Georgia county. There will be a slight
increase in the fee for each person to accommodate the travel
expenses of the instructor(s). The increased fee will depend on
the distance from the Atlanta metro area to the county and if the
class is a one-day or two-day class. Saturday
and Sunday classes are also available. All special classes for
the convenience of any county or region need to be planned well in
advance to assure an opening. Food
safety books are not inventoried in Atlanta and must be ordered from
distant states. Additional time to mail the books and study
materials to the students, as well as study time, has also got to
be considered when planning a food safety class.
How to use this web
site:
Most information will remain
the same in this web site, except for the class-schedules
section, which should change monthly or bi-monthly. County Health
Inspectors can print the class schedules and make copies for their foodservice clients.
In addition, each non-English section is identical in content, but
is written and can be printed in
five different languages for the foodservice clients. It will
beneficial for the health inspectors to give their non-English
speaking foodservice clients copies of the translated sections of
this web site. With the translated information, these clients can
better understand the requirements of the food safety
certification requirements and where and how to take the classes.
Discount Thermocouple
Thermometers:
Consumer
Education Services is also the distributor for ATKINS TEMPTEC thermometers in Georgia. Please take the time to
review the thermometer section of this web site for selection and Health
Inspector's discounts.
If you need to contact Consumer
Education Services for any reason, please call Jean
Dible at (770) 333-7912 or fax at (770) 384-1784 or Email: jdible@foodsafety-ga.com
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