Level 3 Award in Implementing Food Safety Management Procedures

From 1st January 2006, EU legislation requires all businesses producing food to have a documented food safety management system in place, based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.

Although effective in theory, HACCP has been particularly difficult to establish in catering businesses because of the sheer number and variety od processes involved in preparing and serving food. But practical, accessible and user-friendly management tools have been created, notably the Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) pack adopted by the Food Standards Agency, to help caterers comply with the new regulations.

The CIEH Level 3 Award in Implementing Food Safety Management Procedures qualification examines HACCP and tools such as SFBB and will be invaluable for managers and proprietors of 400,000 small food businesses across the UK.

Benefits

• Enables businesses to implement food safety management systems
• Has flexibility to suit different types of business
• Develops understanding of:
  • the need for food businesses to adopt a system based on Codex HACCP principles
  • the controls needed to protect the safety of food
  • HACCP principles and their relevance to a catering food safety management system
  • how tools such as SFBB can assist caterers to comply with the new regulations
• Successful candidates will gain exemption from part of the new CIEH Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering qualification to be introduced in November 2006

Subjects covered

• the 12 steps in the HACCP process
• controls required to ensure food safety
• use of a management tool such as the FSA's Safer Food Better Business

Outcomes

This new qualification will help caterers to implement a food safety management system based on HACCP principles.

Course duration and assessment

This one day course is assessed by a short assignment conducted at the end of the course. It is recommended that candidates should have some understanding and knowledge of basic food hygiene - ideally having gained the CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene or equivalent in the last three years.

In-house courses are available throughout the UK.

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