Food Safety for Retail, Level 2

Description

QA Level 2 Award In Food Safety For Retail (RQF)

• Face to Face: Full day course
• Virtual Classroom: Spread over 3 sessions of 2½ hr duration
• Food business operators are required by law, to ensure that food handlers receive appropriate supervision and instruction/training in food hygiene in line with their work activity and should enable them to handle food safely
• Recommended by HSE and Environmental Health Officers (EHO's)

Course Contents:

• The Importance of Food Safety
• Food Safety Laws
• Legal Responsibilities of Food Handlers
• Types of Contamination and the Associated Risks
• Bacteriology
• Food Poisoning
• Foodborne Illnesses
• An Introduction to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Personal Hygiene
• Work Flow, Work Surfaces and Equipment
• Cleaning and Disinfection
• Waste Disposal
• Pest Control
• Safe Food Handling Practices including Time and Temperature Controls
• Preparation
• Cooking and Reheating
• Chilling
• Cooling
• Thawing
• Hot holding
• Displaying food
• Core temperatures
• Food Preservation
• Storage
• Stock Control Procedures

Benefits of this course:

• Businesses have a duty to their customers to produce food that is safe for consumption.
• There are one million cases of food poisoning in the UK each year.
• More than 6,000 are admitted to hospital.
• In 2014/2015, businesses in Chesterfield were issued 344 written enforcement notices. Derby received 1,116.
• Doing our Ofqual regulated, nationally accredited course ensures that nothing of importance is left out.
• EU and UK regulations state that all food handlers must receive appropriate training in food safety practices relevant to their duties.
• The Food Standards Agency says that 'Food business operators are required by law, to ensure that food handlers receive appropriate supervision and instruction/training in food hygiene in line with their work activity and should enable them to handle food safely’.
  Our QA Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (RQF) is a nationally accredited qualification especially suitable for people working in, or planning to work in, the food retail industry, and complies with the training regulations.