Yes. If you handle, prepare or serve food in the UK, you are legally required to receive appropriate food safety training. While there’s no set qualification by law, employers must prove that staff are trained to handle food safely.
Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene training is ideal for anyone who prepares, handles or serves food — including chefs, kitchen porters, front-of-house staff, and food delivery workers.
Level 3 Food Safety training is designed for managers, supervisors, and senior kitchen staff who are responsible for overseeing food safety practices in a business or care setting.
By law, food businesses within the UK must ensure that staff are: ‘supervised, instructed and trained in food hygiene matters to a level that is appropriate to their job.’ The Safer Food Group works with industry experts, including Environmental Health Officers, to ensure that our training meets the necessary levels and covers all the content required to be able to prepare and serve food safely.
Yes. Under Natasha’s Law and existing food safety regulations, all food businesses must ensure staff understand allergens, cross-contamination risks, and how to communicate allergen information clearly to customers.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) offer a free allergy and intolerance training course accessible here: https://allergytraining.food.gov.uk/
Absolutely. Our online food safety training, in partnership with The Safer Food Group, is fully recognised by Environmental Health Officers and can be completed on any device, at your own pace.
The time taken to complete the course is very dependent on the skills, experience and learning style of each learner. On average, a Level 1 course will require 1-2 hours of study, a Level 2 course will require 2-4 hours of study, and a Level 3 course will require 18-24 hours of study. There is a minimum time you must spend on study within each chapter to unlock the final exam - this time is stated on the course home page.
FastTrack
If you already have the skills and knowledge required to pass the course, you may be able to take the FastTrack option. If you successfully pass a pre-exam assessment, you will be able to take the exam without spending the specified time studying each chapter. This is a great option for those who are renewing their qualification as they are able to test out their understanding; if the pre-exam assessment is not successfully passed, areas of concern are flagged up and the learner can access study material in the usual way, spending more time ensuring that the areas of concern are fully understood before the final test.
Learners differ in the type of study that suits them best - this is known as their ‘Learning style’. The Safer Food Group offers clear and accessible written content, comprehensively supported by video for every chapter, and enhanced with appropriate graphics and visuals to give the best possible chance of success, whatever the learning style. Our online courses give learners the flexibility to study at their own pace, in an environment and at a time which suits them best, increasing the likelihood that they will enjoy and understand the course and bring their learning back into the workplace as safer practitioners.
