Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Manufacturing

Anyone who works in food manufacturing should be aware of the latest food hygiene standards. Proper cleaning and disinfecting procedures for all equipment and machinery used is key to an effective food processing site, alongside safe food storage and pest control. This will allow you to handle food safely, and create food products while ensuring you’re complying with all of the relevant health and safety standards.

If you are a Supervisor, Manager, Business Owner or Team Leader working with or handling food, we would recommend you complete our RoSPA Assured Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene for Supervisors course.

Alternatively, we also offer Level 2 Food Hygiene courses for the catering, drinks manufacturers, and retail sectors.

Who is this course suitable for?

This Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Manufacturing course is aimed at anyone working in a manufacturing or processing environment, small or large, which could include food factories, meat cutting plants, dry goods and vegetable packing, dairies, breweries and bottling plants.

The legislation covered in this course includes:

If you’re working in the food manufacturing industry, you will need to comply with the latest food and hygiene regulations.

This Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Manufacturing course is designed to help business owners or food handlers comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) 852/2004 of the European Parliament on the Hygiene of Foodstuffs, the Food Safety Act 1990, and Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2005.

These require food businesses to ensure that any staff working in food processing, manufacturing or food storage and packaging are supervised, instructed and trained in food hygiene and food safety in a way that is appropriate to the work they do.

The contents of this course also adhere to the Industry Standards set by People 1st and the Sector Skills Council for the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism industries.

Alternative courses we offer include our Level 2 HACCP, which is  is for those who are involved in the handling and preparation of food across all industries; and our Level 3 HACCP course, which has been made specifically for food safety managers, supervisors and anyone responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of a HACCP system or team.

Food Safety and Hygiene regulations

EU Regulation 852/2004 requires food businesses to ensure any staff who handles food are supervised, instructed and trained in food hygiene in a way that is appropriate for the work they do. As a business owner or supervisor, you have a duty to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) 852/2004 of the European Parliament on the Hygiene of Foodstuffs, the Food Safety Act 1990, and the Food Hygiene Regulations 2005.

Also included in EU food law, Regulation 852/2004, Article 5 is information on the mandatory implementation that all food business must apply and maintain a permanent procedure based on the HACCP system.

Accreditation

This course is RoSPA and the certificate, awarded upon successful completion of this course, includes their logo and the posted version of the certificate features an authorisation seal.

Course duration

This Level 2 Food Safety in Manufacturing course takes approximately two to three hours to complete. As an e-learning course, learners can complete this training at a time and pace that suits them, with progress recorded and saved throughout.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this food safety in manufacturing course.

Test and certificate

The end of course test consists of 30 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test six times at no extra cost.

If learners do not achieve the 75% pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.

Upon completing the food hygiene course, learners will be able to download a digital food hygiene certificate from Virtual College. If you have bought the posted food hygiene certificate option, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion. 

This certification is universally recognised and can be used to provide evidence of food hygiene and safety training both internally and to external auditors. 

There is no set time for how long a certificate is valid for, but the accepted industry standard is for food hygiene certificates to be renewed every three years. However, some employers may require you to renew your certification more frequently than this.

This online food hygiene course is not a formal RQF food safety & hygiene qualification, the levels only indicate the type of food and hygiene course so that businesses can choose whom it is suitable for.