CAFÉ
Community Accessible Foodservice Education
As part of our on-going efforts to educate the public and our food service establishment partners, Ledge Light Health District offers on-site foodservice training. District Sanitarians will visit your food service establishment and provide refresher training for all of your foodservice workers. Or, if you prefer, you can schedule training at our facility on North Road in Groton.
The training will cover all of the basic elements of knowledge that a foodservice worker must demonstrate to be in compliance with the Connecticut Public Health Code. This is a basic introductory training and education program. The cost of the training is $30 per person, or $200 for an entire establishment. The program covers important elements of food safety and food borne illness prevention including time and temperature controls, personal hygiene, and cross contamination.
It also satisfies the “Designated Alternate” and “on premises training records” requirements of Section 19-13-B42 of the Public Health Code for Class III and Class IV food establishments. A record of training and certificate is provided to individuals completing the training. These individuals will be qualified to be designated alternates, with the responsibility of assuring and maintaining safe food handling practices when the Qualified Food Operator is not on the premises.
This training is also provided to temporary event food booth operators who may need safe food handling education prior to large festivals and events such as the annual Ledyard Fair or Sailfest in the City of New London. The Café Program is also a useful tool to assist food establishments to correct food handling behaviors and poor inspection scores during routine sanitary compliance inspections.
QFO
Qualified Food Operator Certification
Ledge Light Health District provides ServSafe®, a nationally recognized food safety and education program developed by the National Restaurant Association. ServSafe® meets the CT Public Health Code requirements for Qualified Food Operator (QFO) Certification for food service establishments.
Our ServSafe® Certification and Re-Certification programs are taught by skilled Environmental Health Specialists. Our instructors are experts in food safety and food borne illness prevention and are State of Connecticut licensed sanitarians and certified food inspectors.
Helpful Resources
- Link to our Food Safety section for more helpful information.
- View the current CAFE class schedule here.
- View the current QFO class schedule and registration information here.
- For more information or to set up an appointment, please contact Janice Costin at (860) 448-4882 ext. 304 or jcostin@ledgelighthd.org.
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