food handler

Prepares your meals

A food handler is anyone who prepares, processes, serves, or otherwise touches food as part of their job.

The term appears most often in health and safety contexts—regulations, certifications, and inspections: All food handlers must wash their hands after using the restroom.

Restaurants, caterers, and food processing plants employ food handlers at various skill levels.

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role in food service

food handlerdiner

Casual American eatery

customer · patron · consumer · eater · guest

contact with food

food handlerhost

One receiving guests

hostess · cashier · maître d · restaurant manager · busboy

food chain position

food handlerfarmer

One who cultivates land

grower · rancher · end consumer

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G