Competency-Based Modules in Food Sanitation and Safety
The study was conducted to assess the food safety practices among food service establishments in order to increase awareness among students the dangers of food poisoning. The output of this study may serve as a tool for information dissemination. The study used the descriptive method research. The respondents of the study were the supervisors of selected fast-food chains and deluxe hotels in Manila. Descriptive Statistics was used to describe the basic features of the data in the study and to validate the data gathered. The safety of consumers is the paramount responsibility of any food service establishment. Standards, procedures and guidelines are developed to prevent the outbreak of food borne illnesses and intoxication. However, these standards, procedures and guidelines as food sanitation and safety will be meaningless if they are not study implemented through education, information, dissemination, and training among the personnel. Food safety is everybody’s concern. It is in this context that the researcher tried in her own lifestyle way to help by proposing these competency-based modules.
Keywords: food safety, sanitation, competency-based module, food industry, hospitality management
Introduction
The hospitality industry is the world’s largest industry generating five hundred billion U.S dollars and employing hundreds of million people worldwide. This vast system consisting of several sectors covers government and non-government organizations as well as educational institutions.
In accordance with the provisions of the Republic Act No. 7722 known as the Higher Education Act of 1994, it is apt to rationalize the undergraduate tourism, hotel and restaurant, hospitality management education in the country to keep a pace with the demands of global competitiveness. This rationale resulted to the ramification of the Philippine Tourism education system to produce graduates who will not only survive but also thrive in a borderless economy. A shift from supply-driven to market driven curriculum in terms of content and structure was