Food Hygiene Poster

When running a business that involves food preparation, it’s vital that you and your employees have excellent food hygiene. Not doing so can lead to the spread of germs, leading to potential food poisoning.

Under the Food Safety Act 1990, if an employee or customer suffers health issues due to inadequate food hygiene, you as the employer are responsible. So the importance of excellent food hygiene must never be ignored.  

Peninsula has created a free food hygiene poster ready for you to download and make visible within your food preparation area. This cross contamination poster will make your employees aware of all the potential risks – download your poster now.

What are common food safety hazards and foodborne illnesses?

There are many food safety hazards that your employees need to be aware of during food preparation, such as cross contamination. The use of a food hygiene poster will assist with their overall food safety compliance.

Common food safety hazards include:

• Micro-biological hazards: Such as bacteria, viruses, funguses, and biological toxins.
• Chemical hazards: Such as contamination from cleaning products or deliberate food poisoning.
• Physical matter: Such as jewellery that’s been left in the kitchen, or insects.
• Cross contamination: When any of the above hazards are transferred from one ingredient or surface to another – leading to contamination.
• Time and temperature control: Such as not cooking meat at the correct temperature (75C).
• Poor personal hygiene: Such as poor handwashing, not wearing the correct PPE, or using the correct chopping board for certain ingredients, such as meat and fish.

Download our expertly-made cross contamination poster today, and ensure the safety of all your customers.

What is a food hygiene poster?

Food hygiene posters are visual reminders to both you and your employees of acceptable food hygiene practices, and are used to prevent foodborne illnesses.

Having clear food hygiene posters will help your business with food safety compliance, reduce the risk of contamination and food poisoning, as well as teaching people how to handle food correctly.

Our team of experts have put together a free food hygiene poster ready for you to download and put up in your kitchen. This cross contamination poster will keep your customers and business safe, access your free poster now.

Where to use food hygiene posters?

Food hygiene posters should be visible and used in all food preparation areas, such as in kitchens or restaurants. They should clearly be able to be seen, and not hidden behind storage units.

Once downloaded, your food hygiene poster or cross contamination poster should be used in areas where staff members will be preparing food for the wider public to consume.  

Download your free food hygiene poster now

When running a business that involves food preparation, it’s vital that you and your employees have excellent food hygiene. Not doing so could lead to health issues for your customers, or other people who eat the food. It’s your responsibility to ensure this doesn’t happen.

One way to ensure excellent food hygiene in your business is to use have food hygiene posters visible in food prep areas.

Peninsula has created a free food hygiene poster ready for you to download and use within your business. If after downloading your free poster you still need advice, then give our experts a call.

Our teams provide 24/7 Health & Safety advice which is available 365 days a year. We take care of your business needs when you work with our Health & Safety experts. Want to find out more? Contact us on 0800 028 2420 and book a free consultation with a qualified Health & Safety consultant today.