Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances can cause more than 200 different diseases – ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. Around the world, an estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people – fall ill after eating contaminated food each year, resulting in 420 000 deaths and the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs).

Food safety, nutrition, and food security are closely linked. Unsafe food creates a vicious cycle of disease and malnutrition, particularly affecting infants, young children, elderly, and the sick.

In addition to contributing to food and nutrition security, a safe food supply also supports national economies, trade, and tourism, stimulating sustainable development. The globalization of food trade, a growing world population, climate change and rapidly changing food systems have an impact on the safety of food.

Food Safety Courses

This qualification is designed for learners who wish to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of the importance of good personal and workplace hygiene and how to keep food safe from contamination. This qualification allows learners to take responsibility for food safety in a catering environment.

How long will it take?
Delivery would typically be through a 1-day training course or 2 half-day training sessions.

This qualification has been developed specifically to improve the food safety knowledge of supervisors, team leaders and line managers working in the catering industry. This includes those working in care. It is particularly suitable for those owning or managing a small catering business. Particularly relevant for those who have to develop or monitor HACCP-based food safety management procedures and systems

How long will it take?
Delivery would typically be through a 3-days training course.

AOSH UK Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering provides those in managerial and supervisory positions in catering businesses (for example business owners, production managers, and hygiene auditors) with the in-depth knowledge and understanding to be able to guide and advise on the management of food safety systems and staff in their workplace. It will help candidates to ensure that their business complies with all legal requirements for food safety.

This qualification has been developed specifically to improve the food safety knowledge of supervisors, team leaders and line managers working in the catering industry.

This includes those working in care. It is particularly suitable for those owning or managing a small catering business. Particularly relevant for those who have to develop or monitor HACCP-based food safety management procedures and systems

This two-unit qualification provides essential knowledge on workplace and personal hygiene and product safety. It enables candidates to gain a sound understanding of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) based food safety management systems.

How long will it take?
Delivery would typically be through a 2-days training course (16 hours).