Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Retail Course

Anyone who works in retail where food is involved needs to be aware of the latest food hygiene standards in relation to their role.

Our popular Level 2 Food Safety for Retail course has been redesigned, and includes all the latest legislation, information and up-to-date guidance. However, if you’re a Supervisor, Manager, Business Owner or Team Leader working with or handling food, instead, we would recommend you complete our RoSPA Assured Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene for Supervisors course.

The food safety retail material is provided in an interactive format that is designed to be engaging and accessible. A basic knowledge of food hygiene will mean learners progress quickly, but the course is designed for anyone working in the service or hospitality sectors.

We also offer Level 2 Food Hygiene for the manufacturing, drinks manufacturers, and catering sectors.

Who is this course suitable for?

This Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Retail course is suitable for any food handler working in a retail environment. This includes supermarkets, small and large grocery stores, butchers, bakeries, fish and farm shops, market stalls and delicatessens.

The legislation covered in this course includes:

As a business owner or food handler, 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 Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2005.

This requires food businesses to ensure that any staff working with food in a retail environment are supervised, instructed and trained in food hygiene and food safety in a way that is appropriate to the work they do – our course covers all of this, to ensure you stay compliant.

Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Retail Certificate

At the end of this course, you will need to complete a test that 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.

Accreditation

This course is RoSPA assured 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 Hygiene for Retail course takes approximately two to three hours to complete. As an e-learning course learners can complete this training in convenient stages. The system will record progress throughout.

Entry requirements

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