The National Sanitation Training Program: Canadian Restaurant Association's Answer to Safe and Sanitary Foodservice

Abstract

There are an estimated 120,000 cases of bacterial food poisoning occuring in the Canadian foodservice industry each year. The Canadian Restaurant Association in co-operation with all Provincial departments of health and Health and Welfare Canada, developed a sanitation code to help the foodservice operator understand every essential sanitation requirement. In conjunction with the code, a national sanitation training program was developed to assist in the total education in foodservice sanitation of all personnel in the Canadian foodservice industry. To date, 3,200 personnel have successfully completed one of the national sanitation training programs and gained a more responsible level of foodservice sanitation awareness. The program as well as being accepted by all Provincial departments of health and Health and Welfare Canada, has officially been endorsed by the Canadian Public Health Association and the Consumers Association of Canada.