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What is Level 2 Food Safety in Retail?

Food handlers and their employers have a legal duty to manage food safety. These obligations are set out by a number of EU and UK laws, which state that food handlers must make sure that food which is prepared, cooked, served or sold is safe for human consumption. Failing to follow food safety standards can cause food to become contaminated — with potentially fatal consequences.

Who is the Level 2 Food Safety in Retail Course Suitable For?

This online Level 2 Food Safety in Retail course is suitable for anyone working in a catering, manufacturing or retail setting where food is prepared, cooked and handled.

Typical environments may include:

  • Pubs, hotels and restaurants
  • Supermarkets and retail environments
  • Food and drink manufacturers
  • Hospitals
  • Care homes
  • Schools

What’s Included in the Level 2 Food Safety in Retail Course?

Course Content

The course is delivered across four modules that follow food through your operation, from the loading bay to the counter:

  • Food Safety Legislation — the EU and UK laws that define your obligations and what compliance looks like day to day.
  • Hazards from Delivery to Service — where risk enters the process, tracing food from the moment it arrives to the moment it is served.
  • Risk Control (Prevention of Contamination) — the controls that stop contamination before it starts.
  • Pests, Premises and People — managing the three factors most likely to compromise a food environment.

Course Duration

75–100 minutes, completed online at your own pace.

Approved

Institute of Hospitality, IIRSM, Gatehouse Awards & CPD approved.

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Training more than one person on this course?

If you have a group to put through this course, it can be delivered at your own premises or a venue near you, on a date that suits your shift patterns. No travel, no overnight stays, and priced for the group rather than per person — which usually works out cheaper per head than booking individual places.

Tell us the numbers and roughly where you are, and we will come back with a written quote. Purchase orders and invoicing welcome.

Get a group quote