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Document incorporates best practices from ServSafe, academia, government and industry to provide guidance on food safety, health and hygiene, cleaning, and social distancing.
The National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe team has released guidance to help restaurants restart when the nation begins reopening its businesses.
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ServSafe partnered with the Food and Drug Administration, public health officials, industry representatives, academia, the Conference for Food Protection, and Ecolab Inc., to create protocols for restaurants to reopen safely.
Additionally, the document incorporates recommendations from FDA’s just-released Best Practices for Retail Food Stores, Restaurants, and Food Pick-Up/Delivery Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The guidance offers instruction on how to begin serving customers in partial and full-service capacities. The Association encourages combining the guidelines with existing corporate policies, the FDA Food Code, ServSafe training, and recommendations from local health officials.
The guidelines cover four areas.
Change, wash and sanitize utensils frequently
Clean and sterilize high contact areas
Train all employees on the importance of frequent hand washing
Consider a reservations-only or call-ahead business model