Posts Tagged ‘food safety course’
What Are The 5 Food Safety Rules?
If you work in a role that involves handling, storing, serving, or preparing food in the United Kingdom, you need to know the basics of food safety. Here are 5 important food safety rules you should be sure to apply to your business. Rule 1: Maintain a high standard of food hygiene It’s essential to…
Read MoreFree Food Hygiene Certificates
If you handle food at work, it’s a legal requirement that you receive supervision and/or food hygiene training to ensure the safety of the general public and your business’s reputation. Depending on your role, it may be enough for you to be trained in food hygiene by a senior member of staff who has already…
Read MoreDo I need to display my food hygiene rating?
Whether it’s a glowing five-star rating or a less-than-admirable score, what are the rules about displaying your food hygiene rating in the United Kingdom? What is a food hygiene rating? In the United Kingdom, every business premises where food is handled or prepared will be given a food hygiene rating after inspection by the local…
Read MoreFood Hygiene Tips for Businesses
A food hygiene training course is only the start of your business’s mission to achieve a high standard of food safety. Here are our top tips for food hygiene in the workplace. Food Hygiene Tips A verifiable food hygiene training course will teach you all you need to know about effective food hygiene, but here…
Read MoreHow Long Does a Food Hygiene Course Take To Complete?
You need to set aside time for food hygiene training to fulfil the legal requirements if you work around food. But exactly how much time does a food hygiene training course take to complete, and do you need to close the business in order to attend one? Food Hygiene Training Here at the Food Hygiene…
Read MoreWhere Can I Take Food Hygiene Training?
It’s important to keep up to date with your food safety training certificates if you work in a kitchen, but are you aware of where to take food hygiene training in the UK? In some cases, you might not even have to leave your workplace to get certified—here’s why. Food hygiene training… If you work…
Read MoreIs Dropping ‘Best Before’ the Best Idea?
You probably noticed that Tesco have recently made the bold move of dropping the ‘Best Before’ date from the labelling of some of their fresh fruit and vegetables. According to the retail giant, this move is partly motivated by a desire to decrease the amount of food wasted by consumers. On the face of it…
Read MoreIntegrating Allergen Awareness into Your Food Hygiene
As Early Years professionals, you will be very aware of the need for allergy awareness in your workplace. When we designed our food hygiene certificate course we made sure that we included plenty of information on the allergen groups specifically for the Early Years sector. Sometimes, as I did recently, you overhear things that make…
Read MoreFruit to Full Meals: Whatever You Serve, You Need To Be Trained In Food Hygiene
When it comes to pre-school children it is important to remember that a food safety incident could be far more serious than for an adult. Their maturing bodies are really not yet ready to deal with a nasty dose of something unpleasant like salmonella, so extra care is needed and of course allergy awareness is…
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