About this course

This Food Allergen Training module has been developed for people who work and deal with food, whether it is in food production, packaging, distribution, or processing or via food retail or catering and covers the basics for employers and employees responsible for selling food.

Anyone who works with food needs to know about allergens and allergen labelling. They particularly need to be aware of the changes to the rules which were introduced in December 2014.

In the UK it’s estimated that nearly 2 million people have an allergy to certain foods, and over the last 15 years there has been a staggering 500% increase to admissions into hospitals for food allergies and related systems.

As a food industry worker you will know there is no cure for food allergy, it must be managed and the only way to do this is to avoid the foods which cause the allergy.

It is therefore important that people with food allergies can easily find out which products contain the ingredients that they are allergic to. In order to comply with the EU FIC Regulations, everyone working in the food industry is now required to understand how to make this information readily available to consumers should they need to know. Information is key to this success.

We have developed this food allergy and labelling e-learning course in order to help provide a general understanding of current food labelling legislation, as well as information about the Food Information for Consumers (FIC) legislation.

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Course Content

This training course offers practical advice to anyone wanting to have guidance on the key aspects of food allergies and food labelling and who needs to understand more to help prevent mis-labelling or mis-description of foods.

Regulations affect all food service organisations, no matter what the size and ensuring staff have adequate training is essential for your compliance.

Covers the 14 major Food Allergens and their labelling
Ensure compliance with the Food Information Regulations
Updated with summary content for Natasha’s Law
Learn how to prevent harmful cross-contamination
Best practice for voluntary services such as charities and food banks

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Who this course is for

Do you own or work in any of the following and provide a fresh or packaged food service, if so this course is for you:

Restaurants, Bistro’s, Pubs and Gastro pubs, Wine, bars, Brasseries
Coffee Shops, Cafe’s, Catering, Fast food
Retails stores with cafes, Banqueting and conference facilities
Leisure attractions such as theme parks
Leisure clubs, Museums, Cinemas, Theatres
Motorway services, Welfare Catering such as Schools, Colleges, Universities, Hospitals, Care Homes, Army, Navy and Airforce
Transport Catering (within EU member states) including Planes, Boats and Railways
Event catering; Outdoor events such as festivals etc

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How it works

Once setup you can login from your device securely to ClickHSE, our award-winning online health and safety learning management system.

You can complete the course at a time to suit you and use bookmarks to return to your page should you need to take a break.

At the end of the course you will be presented with an assessment of multiple choice questions and will need to score 80% to be awarded the course certificate.

You can re-take the course or assessment as many times as you like during the lifetime of your course subscription.

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Course Certification

On completion of the course the trainee will be awarded a fully personalised certificate which can be printed on the day and is also saved within our secure training platform ClickHSE.

Copies can be made available should a copy be required in the future for your evidential proof of training.

This course is also CPD accredited providing credits for your Continuing Professional Development.

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