Purdue University selects Safe Food Solutions technology to streamline campus food safety training

Jan. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Safe Food Solutions announced today that Purdue University is deploying the Basic Food Safety eStart™ online food safety training program and delivery network for its campus foodservice operations.  With over 3.8 million meals served in 2011-2012, the Purdue Housing and Food Services department continually strives to provide the best services to its students, faculty and campus guests.  The Safe Food Solutions’ campus offering, which integrates individual, self-paced training, location networking and 24/7 employee record management, will allow Purdue to proficiently administer on-demand food safety training to all of its foodhandlers.  

Safe Food Solutions’ focus on low per employee pricing and proven online delivery model offers college and university foodservice operations the ability to rapidly and flexibly deploy food safety information to their revolving population of foodhandlers. This access ensures all members of a college foodservice staff are quickly and easily educated in safe food handling and preparation procedures.

“Consistent training for a large group of student employees across a university campus can be a challenge,” said Sharlee Lyons, Coordinator of Student Employee Training for Purdue Housing and Food Services.  “This food safety training program will allow all of our dining locations within Housing and Food Services at Purdue to take part in a consistent food safety training program. It will also allow our students to learn basic skills early in their employment and help insure a quality product for our customers.”

“College and university foodservice is no longer limited by dining hall cafeteria menus.  This is a market that includes QSRs, upscale casual, grab-and-go outlets and traditional dining- all on the same campus,” noted Eric Webster, Managing Director of Safe Food Solutions.  “Safe Food Solutions enables campus foodservice to easily execute consistent, high quality food safety training, while reducing operational costs.”

About Purdue University

Purdue University is a major research institution known for discoveries in science, technology, engineering, math and beyond. Founded in 1869 in West Lafayette, Indiana, the University proudly serves its state as well as the nation and the world. More than 39,000 students from all 50 states and 130 countries, along with some 850 student organizations and Big Ten Boilermaker athletics, make for a lively environment. As a major research university, Purdue has high-ranking programs in disciplines from pharmacy to business to engineering to agriculture.

About Safe Food Solutions
Safe Food Solutions offers an innovative approach to food safety training- making it interesting, interactive, efficient and flexible. Safe Food Solutions’ training programs have educated over 500,000 foodservice and hospitality employees in the U.S., who have collectively logged over 1.3 million hours of training time. Basic Food Safety eStart™ covers all of the fundamental areas of safe food handling and preparation practices for all foodhandlers in the foodservice and hospitality industry.