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Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Retail (NEW)

Duration: 1 day including exam

 

Course introduction

The Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Retail is a qualification that covers the basic principles of food safety for all food handlers working in the retail industry.

Holders of this qualification will have a knowledge and understanding of; the importance of food hygiene, associated food hazards, good hygiene practice and controls based upon based upon an awareness of food safety management systems. These topics are regarded by the Food Standards Agency as being important to understanding and maintaining good practice in the handling, processing and preparation of safe food.

Suggested further development would be to Food safety level 3 in Retail.

 

The Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Retail ensures that food handlers who complete the course are trained and able to: -

• Understand how good food hygiene contributes to food safety
• Know how micro-organisms cause illness through contamination
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and good hygiene practices
• State current legal obligations and the consequence of non-compliance
• Understand what hazards are, and how they are controlled and monitored

The course covers

• Food handling practices and procedures.
• The importance of personal hygiene and personal hygiene practices.
• Contamination and cross contamination.
• Temperature control.
• Storage and stock control
• Spoilage
• Importance of keeping to work are and equipment clean and tidy.
• Waste disposal.
• Pest controls.
• Premises and equipment.
• Statutory requirements of food businesses and food handlers.
• Hazard analysis.
  

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