Food Hygiene Level 1 Training Course
Our Food Hygiene Level 1 course is essential for anyone who works where food is made, sold, or served. This online course covers basics on how to properly handle consumables such as food contamination, allergies and bacteria, safety standards, and cleaning. This IOSH Approved Food Safety and Hygiene Level 1 provides a printable certificate upon completion, which demonstrates to customers that you take food safety and hygiene seriously.
More than 1 million cases of food poisoning are reported each year in the UK alone
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Learning outcomes
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Recognise the importance of and show commitment to The Food Hygiene Regulations 2006
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Illustrate the principles of cleanliness and how to avoid cross-contamination when working with food
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Identify the causes of food poisoning and how food can become contaminated
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Course contents
This training course is broken down into 4 sections
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1Introduction to Food Safety
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2Personal Hygiene
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3Cleaning
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4Storage, Temperature & Time
Section 1
In this first section, we provide an introduction to food safety. This will include hazards and contamination, allergic reactions, good and poor safety standards, microorganism, bacteria and your responsibilities as a food handler including what you are legally required to do to keep food safe at all times.
Section 2
Having high standards of personal hygiene at all times is crucial for all food handlers. In the second section of this course we will cover personal hygiene looking at; handwashing, PPE, gloves, jewellery and cosmetics, and first aid, infection & illness at work.
Section 3
As a food handler, one of the best mottos you can live by is ‘clean as you go’. We will look at; cleaning and disinfecting a surface and equipment, dos and don'ts, cleaning cloths, cleaning schedules, food pests and bins.
Section 4
There are a few different things to consider when it comes to food temperatures, deliveries, storage, preservation, packaging, and labeling which we’ll take a look at in this section.
About this course
Our Food hygiene level 1 training course is ideal for beginners working in food handling and preparation. 1 in 10 people fall ill each year due to contaminated food. This number would be drastically reduced if everyone working with food completed an approved food safety & hygiene training course – It is essential that anyone who works where food is made, prepared or sold has a good understanding of food hygiene, even if they do not handle food.
Comprehensive health and safety training is a legal requirement for those working with consumables: Food Safety and Hygiene Level 1 provides a good understanding of food hazards and food poisoning; covering contamination, personal hygiene, cleanliness in the food preparation area, and the storage and temperature of food. It also looks at waste disposal and food pests.
Whether you operate in Catering, Hospitality, or Retail, our online food hygiene level 1 course explains the hazards associated with poor food hygiene, and what to do to keep food safe. Ensure best practice and work towards legal compliance in just 50 minutes.
Our course is broken down into 4 easy-to-follow sections: an introduction to food safety, personal hygiene, cleanliness and cross-contamination, the storage of food and time and temperature controls.
Want to build on level 1 training or require level 2 training? We also provide IOSH Approved Food Safety and Hygiene Level 2 training.
This course is not a formal RQF food safety & hygiene qualification, the levels indicate the type of course so that businesses can choose whom it is suitable for.
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Food Safety & Hygiene Level 1 certificate
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Food Safety and Hygiene Training – Level 1 course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Food Safety & Hygiene Level 1 Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
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hello, i had to do the course to see if it was what we needed to train out to our guys on site as we now need food safety training , i found not too much difference to the level 2 but this is more of what we need , we will have people discharging food grade product to kegs so knowing the cleaning importance and risks associated is perfect . thank you
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I will feel more confident in the kitchen and will be changing some practises at home too
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Why is this training important?
Compliance
It’s important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
The Food Hygiene Regulations 2006
These regulations set out the basic hygiene requirements for all food businesses, from premises and equipment to staff training and hygiene. Critically, proof of appropriate practice and staff training are required by law.
Based on Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament, the following legislation applies to all organisations handling foodstuffs for human consumption:
- The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006
- The Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006
- The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- The Food Hygiene (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2006
Food business operators are to ensure that food handlers are supervised and instructed and/or trained in food hygiene matters commensurate with their work activity
Frequently asked questions
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Our Level 1 Food Hygiene training course aims to educate you on the basics of food handling and preparation. Our course is split into four sections, which cover hazards and contamination, allergies, food safety standards, bacteria and microorganisms, legal requirements when handling and storing food, personal hygiene, cleaning surfaces and equipment, food temperatures and packaging, and labelling.
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Yes, this course is IOSH approved and CPD Accredited for your total reassurance.
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This course takes just 50 minutes to complete and can be completed on any device.
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If you work with food, it’s important that you comply with the law and understand the ways it affects you and the way you work. Employers are responsible for staff hygiene training.
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Level 1 Food Hygiene Training is for all staff who work in food production or retail businesses and who handle low-risk or wrapped foods. Employees who might need level 1 include workers in the following roles: front of house employees such as waiters, retail workers; check out assistants or stock replenishment staff, back of house employees; such as kitchen porters or warehouse/factory staff.
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Yes, as with any iHasco course, you can try it for free at any time without obligation.
