Health Dept Serv Safe

Dare County Department of Public Health

Links: Food & Lodging ServSafe
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The Dare County Health Department hosts a ServSafe class one to two times per year. The course is geared towards educating food service workers about safe food-handling.

Instructors provide information on topics ranging from keeping food at safe temperatures - and what those temperatures are - to proper hand washing and personal hygiene. The overall goal is to provide students with the ability to pass on their knowledge to fellow employees creating a safer food handling environment, thus better protecting customers against potential food-borne illness.

chef hat To encourage owners and managers to attend an approved course, the State of North Carolina allows two points to be added to a restaurants final inspection grade if a person responsible for the restaurant successfully completes the ServSafe course.

There is a fee for this course. The money covers the cost of the course books serving penguin and test forms which must be ordered by the Health Department from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

If you would like more information on the course or if you would like to find out how to take the course, please call the Dare County Health Department at 475-5080.