PFA Level-1 Food Safety case studies

PFA Level-1 Food Safety · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The PFA Level-1 Food Safety credential is a training-based qualification for people who handle, prepare, sell, or supervise food in Punjab, Pakistan. Candidates typically include kitchen staff, cooks, waiters, food stall and bakery workers, dairy and beverage handlers, and the supervisors or managers who oversee them. The PFA Level-1 Food Safety case studies are 5 cases and about 3,535 words.

Septic Finger and a Dry Handwash Basin at a 300-Cover Wedding Order

At 4:20 pm a food safety officer walks into Al-Noor Caterers in Lahore during preparation of a 300-cover wedding order. At the salad station a handler is chopping lettuce with a visible, uncovered septic lesion on his right index finger; he has been at the station for at least 40 minutes.

668 words, about 3 min 2

Starch-Positive Milk at a 1,200-Litre Collection Point

At a milk collection point outside Sahiwal, a contractor's tanker delivers 1,200 litres in the 5:00 am slot. While sampling, the collector notices the milk is thin and slightly bitter, and an iodine starch test on a strip sample turns blue-black within seconds.

675 words, about 3 min 3

A Café Trading on the Previous Owner's Licence

Three months ago Mr Raza bought 'Chai Khana', a 40 square metre café in Rawalpindi, as a going concern. The premises licence on the wall is still in the seller's company name, valid for another seven months, and the seller told him 'the licence goes with the shop'.

710 words, about 4 min 4

A Family Complaint, a Wedged Chopping Board and an Envelope

A family of five ate chicken karahi, naan and mint raita at a restaurant at 9:00 pm on Saturday. Four of them began vomiting and passing watery stools between 2:00 am and 6:00 am; a seven-year-old was admitted with dehydration on Sunday morning.

696 words, about 3 min 5

Five and a Half Hours Without Power in a School Canteen Cold Room

At a 240-student school canteen, the cold room log shows 3 degrees Celsius at 10:00 pm. The area's scheduled power cut starts at 11:00 pm; the backup generator fails to start at 1:00 am and no one notices until the cook arrives at 6:30 am.

786 words, about 4 min