Look inside ServSafe® Essentials, Fifth Edition.

ServSafe® brings together current best practices in food safety, as well as current best practices for instruction to meet our industry's changing needs. Students can stay engaged, retain information better and understand how to apply it.

The result is training that students can apply on the job helping to better protect the general public from foodborne illness.

10 reasons why ServSafe is training for today's workforce.

1. Common workforce language

• Written in the language most commonly used in the workplace
• Makes the content easy to read, digest and retain

2. "How This Relates to Me"

• Provides the opportunity for instructors to convey to the learner where local codes may apply

3. "Concepts from Earlier Chapters"

• Appear at the beginning of each chapter
• Provide vital definitions or explanations presented earlier in the book that will aid in understanding the current chapter
• Helps the learner build upon prior knowledge

4. "In the News"

• Presents memorable real-world scenarios at the beginning of each chapter
• Timely examples motivate students by showing how practicing food safety in the right or wrong way can impact an operation

5. Clear learning objectives

• Objectives are stated clearly in "learner's" terms, making it easier for the reader to relate to the objective
• Objectives build upon the "In the News" stories by telling the positive or negative practices that happened in the story and helping them to clearly understand what they need to learn in the chapter

6. Instant visual cues

• Help everyone get the importance of the concept, including visual learners and English as a Second Language readers
• Green and Red are used to help learners instantly identify right and wrong practices at a glance when compared
• Red emphasis on "NOT" and "NEVER" calls the reader's attention to important concepts
• Pathogen Prevention Safety icons highlight actions to take to prevent a specific pathogen from growing to levels that will make people sick
• Graphic organizer icons immediately signal to the reader what key topics the text will cover

7. Close up photos

• Photos zoom in on essential information and capture activities from the reader's perspective on the job
• Greatly enhance comprehension and retention for all readers, especially visual learners and English as a Second Language readers
• Helps the reader focus on what is important in the photo and understand how to apply it

8. Streamlined tables

• Tables have been streamlined and made consistent in order to foster better comprehension
• Show good and bad comparisons, situations where food safety is jeopardized and the appropriate response actions that are required by the reader, or simple steps to keep food safe

9. "Apply Your Knowledge"

• Allows students to practice what they learned at the end of each major topic
• Reinforces lessons in smaller parts aiding in retention

10. Multiple-Choice Study Questions

• Help students prepare for the exam by practicing and assessing their knowledge
• Questions are based on key food safety principles
• Written in the same style as the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification exam

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