An Applied Project in Food Safety for Third Stage Students in Section

After completing their theoretical and practical lessons in food safety and Hygiene course in the first semester of this academic year 2020/2021. The students of third stage in Nutrition Department at Cihan University- carried out a field visit to a restaurant in the city of Erbil. The students paid the visit on 12/24/2020 under the direct supervision and follow-up of Dr. Qais Nogaim. The students were divided into six groups.

Each work group evaluate the level of food safety in the restaurant, which was assessed in the terms of: Receiving and storing raw materials, preparation and processing operations. Cooking and final manufacturing operations , food catering operations to customers , the level of health and hygiene affairs in the restaurant, the extent of awareness in dealing with waste and waste management, the appropriateness of the restaurant design and also the presence of health certificates for it .

After the completion of the study Cases and in light of what the students have learned, projects have been submitted for embedding and refinement to work in these restaurants. These projects have been discussed in the department and the final copies will be received from the students.

Hoping to visit these restaurants after the end of the exams to give them a copy of their project and implement a simplified explanation in the form of training for workers in these restaurants around points that require improvement and development for the sake of food safety and the people who eat these meals.