Food Hygiene
E-Learning
20–30 min
Why is Food Hygiene training important?
Employers running food businesses, including those involved in food processing, must train their employees in food safety and hygiene. This training can be provided through practical courses or online food hygiene courses. Additionally, employers are required to have a food safety management plan based on HACCP principles.
To ensure food safety, businesses should also conduct a thorough food hygiene risk assessment, identify critical control points, closely monitor them to mitigate risks, test procedures for effectiveness, and maintain comprehensive record-keeping.
What’s included in this Food Hygiene course?
This Food Hygiene course is equivalent to a Level 2 Food Hygiene qualification and covers all the basic training requirements under The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006. Topics covered include food management, food preparation and handling, personal hygiene, storage and stock control and the principles of HACCP.
The course content can be found below.
This food hygiene course is:
- equivalent to a Level 2 Food Hygiene qualification
- contains 12 quiz questions
- a certificate is issued upon successful completion of the course.
Safesmart delivers Food Hygiene Training for your organisation through Smartlog – our comprehensive health & safety compliance software.
Course Content
Offences and Penalties – What constitutes as an offence in the eyes of the law, and the possible penalties arising from this.
Personal hygiene – Why and how hands must be washed regularly and effectively before, during and after handling food and food preparation areas.
Food preparation areas – Effective ways of cleaning surfaces, floors and walls, and dealing with rubbish and waste.
Safe food handling practices – Appropriate and hygienic ways of safely handling food, including the ‘colour coded system’.
Risks to food safety – Identifying appropriate actions in dealing with risks. Bacteria (low, medium and high risks of contamination), allergies (allergens information and the laws surrounding labelling), and pest control.
Correct food storage – Safe refrigeration, freezing, date & content labelling and food covering. This includes the cooling down and heating up of food.
This course has quiz questions and issues a certificate upon completion.
