Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Retail (inc. City & Guilds Accredited Certificate) is part of the E-learning Pathway Courses with Pathway Group under the Food Hygiene Category. For more information about this course or others in the catalogue or others please call: 0121 707 0550, e-mail: info@pathwaygroup.co.uk or visit: http://www.elearning.pathwaycourses.co.uk

1. Online Course
Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Retail
(Inc. City & Guilds Accredited Certificate)

2. Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Retail (Inc. City & Guilds
Accredited Certificate)
EU Regulation 852/2004 Hygiene for Foodstuffs requires Food Businesses to make sure that any
staff who handles food are supervised, instructed and trained in Food Hygiene in a way that is
appropriate to the work they do.
This module is a self-study course (formerly known as Foundation or Basic Food Hygiene) and
maps to Industry Standards in Food Safety and Hygiene as published by Skills-mart Retail Ltd, the
Sector Skills Council for the Retail. This course will benefit anyone working in retail, for example,
supermarkets, small and large grocery stores, butchery, bakery, fish and farm shops, market stalls
and delicatessens.
The aim of this module is to provide a basic understanding of food safety and hygiene as it
relates to the Retail sector, covering issues such as displays for sale and hot display units, along
with storage and preparing food for retail.
Upon completion of this online training material learners will sit an online test and on successful
completion, will receive a City & Guilds Accredited Level 2 Certificate in Food Safety and
Hygiene meeting the legal training required, which must then be applied to work situations.
The training and test usually take between 2 to 3 hours to complete (depending on learning
speed), which is equivalent to 6 hours face-to-face group training. Learners are required to
achieve a 75% pass mark , and, if necessary, may re-sit the test at no extra cost, having revisited
the training material. If you have chosen to have a certificate posted, these are posted 1st class
the same day if completed before 12 noon.
This course content was created in association with Food Safety experts“Food Dialog”a
registered Training Centre with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
On completion of this course learners will:
• Why food hygiene & safety is important.
• Their personal and legal responsibilities.
• The impact of food borne illness.
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3. • How food becomes contaminated.
• How to prevent contamination through good practice.
Accreditation
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally
accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines. This course is accredited by
City & Guilds.
Note, this course is an accredited training programme, should you require a full qualification you
will be required to undertake an additional assessment by visiting an accredited test centre at an
additional cost.
Duration
Approximately 2-3 hours to complete. As an e-learning module you can complete this training
in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress
throughout.
Target Audience
This Food Safety and Hygiene for Retail module is aimed at anyone working in a retail
environment which can include supermarkets, small and large food shops, wholesalers and
markets.
Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
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4. Discounts are available for multiple users (10 or more) for more information please
contact info@pathwaygroup.co.uk or telephone us on: 0121 707 0550
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Cost
This price includes a posted a high quality certificate that
carries a foil authorisation seal. Certificates will be posted
on same day as a successful test pass if completed before 12
noon Monday to Friday, or next working day.
This price includes a self-printed certificate.
£25.00 + VAT
(£30.00 inc. VAT)
£15.00 + VAT
(£18.00 inc. VAT)