Every standard tells an organisation what to comply with. Almost none of them can make a person competent — and food safety fails at the person, not the paragraph. A handler who does not understand why the danger zone matters will defeat the best-written procedure in the building. Yet most training materials are compliance texts with a quiz attached, not curricula built to be studied, taught and examined against.
Three Workforces, Three Curricula
Processing-unit handlers learn the legal basis of their licence, the four pillars, the twelve risk factors and ten sanitation procedures each monitored by the same six columns — what, how, frequency, who, verification, record. Meat handlers cover the whole chain from live animal to counter, where animal welfare is itself a food safety requirement. Street food vendors learn the hardest lesson of all: with no building, the vendor, the lid and the clock carry every control.
Built on the Codex Basic Texts
All three manuals are international normalizations of national training manuals on the normative basis of the Codex Alimentarius Food Hygiene Basic Texts (4th edition, 2009). Each supports licensing schemes directly, including self-training routes with official examination — a handler can study the manual and sit the test.
The Pack at a Glance
Three examination-ready training manuals:
- Food Handlers Training — Processing Units (International Edition)
- Meat Handlers Training (International Edition) — shop, plant and abattoir
- Street Food Vendors Training (International Edition)
- Structured for self-study, classroom delivery and licensing examinations
- Editable Word files ready to become your accredited programme
Ready to close the gap? Every AGS pack is delivered as an instant digital download of fully editable Microsoft Word (.docx) files, complete with document control pages, contents tables and defined verbal forms. There is no waiting, no licensing negotiation and no locked PDF: rebrand the files, adapt them to your jurisdiction and your house style, and put them in front of your team the same day. Visit the AGS store and download the pack now — and turn a shelf of scattered standards into one working system.
Product: 12 Handlers Training — available as an instant-download, fully editable package from AGS (SKU AGS-04-012).