Area sites hosting Extension food safety training course

    ServSafe Food Handler safety training course will be offered in three locations in west central Nebraska this month.        The courses will be held at:
    McCook—Tuesday, March 23, at the Community Building, Fairgrounds, West 5th & O Street, from 1-5 p.m. CT with registration beginning at 12:45 p.m. Registrations for the McCook site must be made by March 17.
    North Platte—Wednesday, March 24, at the West Central Research, Extension & Education Center, 402 W State Farm Road, from 1-5 p.m. CT with registration beginning at 12:45 p.m.
    Lexington—Thursday, March 25, at the Dawson County Extension Office meeting room, Fairgrounds, 1002 Plum Creek Parkway, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT with registration beginning at 8:15 a.m.
    Registration forms are available at go.unl.edu/sw3servsafe.
    The ServSafe Food Handler program is designed for kitchen employees including but not limited to cooks, dish machine operators, shipment receivers and employees who handle and prepare food in restaurants and other food service establishments.
    The training is the second level of the Nebraska Restaurant Association’s Food Safety First Program. The first level is for restaurant owners and food service managers.
    Extension Educators Andrea Nisley, Nancy Frecks and Brenda Aufdenkamp will teach the course sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
    Ten people need to be preregistered to be able to offer the course.
    For further information contact these local Extension offices in Lexington at 308-324-5501, in North Platte at 308-532-2683, or in Trenton at 308-334-5666, or toll free at 800-237-5564.