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Study guides, slide PDFs, checklists, and trusted references for food-safety learning and everyday operations.
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Sustainable Food Safety 201
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Independent education and practice materials. Course completion does not award a food-protection manager certification.
Inspection readiness
Food Safety Policies & Forms
The FDA model inspection report provides a reference list of food-safety observations. Apply your local authority's requirements to your operation.
FDA Model Inspection Report (PDF) Request an independent food-safety auditFree PDF | English only | 14 pages
Version 1 | October 22, 2026
Sample Employee Illness Policy - FDA Food Code 2026 basis
A sample policy with employee reporting rules, manager decision tables and blank documentation forms. Complete your establishment details and ask your local regulatory authority to review applicable requirements before adopting it.
The FDA Food Code is a model; local adoption and agency direction govern. This sample is not FDA approved and does not guarantee legal compliance. Keep completed employee records private.
Published source ambiguities involving non-typhoidal Salmonella transitions and hepatitis A exposure cross-references are flagged in the PDF for regulator confirmation.
Open sample policy (PDF, English) Download sample policy (PDF, 252 KB)Go to the source
Food-Safety References
- FDA Food Code 2026: Current Lesson ReferenceFDA's latest full edition and the basis of current food-safety lesson recordings. Local rules may differ; also follow the separate exam-preparation edition guidance.
- FDA Food Code 2022 & Supporting MaterialsExam-preparation reference: corrected 2022 Food Code plus the December 2024 Supplement. Narrated lessons teach the 2026 model; differences are labeled separately. Local adoption and exemptions vary.
- FDA Inspection Report Guidance (PDF)Food-code references and guidance for the model report.
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