Food Safety in Retail Level 1

Food Safety Training Courses

Level 1 Food Safety in Retail


Physical and Virtual Classroom £85.00 pp


  • Half day course
  • 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
  • This Level 1 Award in Food Safety for Retail helps to prepare people for working in a low-risk role, where some food handling takes place.
  • Highfield Level 1 Award In Food Safety in Retail (RQF)

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Course Contents

  • The Importance of Food Safety
  • Legal responsibilities of food handlers
  • Personal hygiene
  • Contamination and cross contamination
  • The importance of keeping one's work areas clean
  • Pest control
  • Basic bacteriology

Benefits of this course:

  • Businesses have a duty to their customers to produce food that is safe for consumption.
  • There are 2.4 million cases of food poisoning  in the UK each year.
  • More than 20,000 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’.
  • This Highfield Level 1 Award in Food Safety in Retail (RQF) is a nationally accredited qualification especially suitable for people working in, or planning to work in, the food retail industry where some food handling takes place

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Accredited, Ofqual regulated qualification

Highfield Qualifications + Ascend Learning Solutions

This Level 1 Food Safety in Retail training course is a nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated qualification accredited by Highfield Qualifications.

This means that you can be rest assured that your level 1 Food safety in Retail certificate fulfils the legal requirements and is a very good way to make sure your low-risk employees are appropriately trained in Food Safety.

The Ofqual Register number for this course is 603/2617/7



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