Maximising Safety and Minimising Risk with Foundation Food Safety

Foundation Food Safety provides the training required by law for anyone who is working in a role relating to food handling, preparation or cooking within the care sector. The e-learning course follows the Level 2 syllabus set by the Food Standards Agency, and is currently the most widely used training for Food Safety in the UK.

Foundation Food Safety offers a host of benefits and features:

  • Meets all the legal occupational standards in food safety.
  • Delivers cost effective training to a consistent standard.
  • Improves staff training which leads to better audits and inspections from officers and a higher level of service.
  • Reduces (or eliminates) the risk of food poisoning outbreaks and food complaints in care homes.
  • Shows ‘real life’ examples making the training relevant to the learner.
  • Fully interactive content helps learners retain information and apply it in practical work situations.
  • Overcomes barriers to using e-learning in the workplace by using our tablet PC, the el-box™ which provides a fun and easy platform for learning.

Course Contents

Foundation Food Safety is divided into 15 modules. Course duration is 6-9 hours and requires no prior knowledge of Food Safety or IT Skills.

Course modules:

  • Introduction
  • Food hygiene
  • Bacteria
  • Food poisoning
  • The prevention of food poisoning
  • Contamination hazards
  • Purchase to service
  • Food spoilage
  • Personal hygiene
  • Construction and design of premises
  • Equipment for handling food
  • Pest recognition and control
  • Cleaning and disinfection
  • HACCP
  • The law relating to food safety

"Brewers Fayre now has the highest food safety scores in Whitbread, with no prosecutions on food safety over the past year. The el-box food safety training is directly responsible for this."

David Goodson, Head of Learning & Development, Whitbread Group PLC

UK 0800 626 328

IRL 1800 928 288

AUS 1300 308 826

NZ 0800 901 115