Lesson 1 ABC Food Safety

This training App is brought to you by the American Mushroom Institute (AMI) and focuses on what food safety is and why it is important to follow food safety rules at a mushroom company. Training is an important part of a company’s food safety program. It is very important to keep mushrooms safe from contamination, and to do so requires appropriate food safety training for employees.

Each AMI Food Safety Training App includes interactive activities, videos and quizzes to ensure employees are engaged throughout the course. At the end of each App, there is a multiple choice quiz or an activity to verify the employee has properly learned the information presented in the App.

Other AMI Training Apps include:

• Mushroom Contaminants

• Personal Hygiene on a Mushroom Farm

• Personal Hygiene in a Mushroom Packinghouse

• Handwashing on a Mushroom Farm

• Handwashing in a Mushroom Packinghouse

• Cross-contamination on the Farm

• Cross-contamination in the Packinghouse

• Food Defense

• Mushroom Industry Worker Safety Training Program

Each training App is available in English and Spanish.

This program was developed by Food Safety Consulting and Training Solutions, LLC for the American Mushroom Institute and the Mushroom Council.

Disclaimer for Food Safety APPS

Food Safety CTS, LLC, the Mushroom Council, the American Mushroom Institute and its members commissioned this work in support of the mushroom industry. All efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy and veracity of the information contained in this document. Nonetheless, Food Safety CTS, LLC, the Mushroom Council, the American Mushroom Institute and its members are not responsible, expressly or implied, for the ideas and recommendations contained in this document, as well as errors and omissions therein, and do not assume any legal responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from use of the information contained herein.