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This Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety Course for Retail provides a concise insight into the various methods and precautions related to food safety and helps you understand the important role food safety and hygiene play in terms of maintaining brand identity. You will learn how to identify the key factors involved in maintaining high standards of food safety in food retail food handling industries as well as understand how food safety risks and hazards arise throughout different stages of processing, packaging, delivering, serving and storing.
This Course at a Glance
- Expert-created course module
- Flexible schedule options
- Get training from an industry expert
- Instant access to course material
- No entry requirement to start this course
- Course assessment by multiple choice question (MCQ)
- Acquire knowledge about the main food safety legislation available
- Identity various contamination hazards that can affect food
- Acquire knowledge about food hygiene and safety in Retail food handling industries
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety Course for Retail Overview
This course covers the impacts of microorganisms on public health, which is one of the key causes of foodborne illnesses and food poisoning and foodborne illness and food poisoning and ways to control and prevent it. You will study how poor waste management is linked to improper food hygiene and safety in this course.
You will learn the importance of effective pest control to manage and prevent food pests. As the Food Hygiene Course Online progresses, you will learn to identify and resolve several risk areas and loopholes in the maintenance of internal and external parts of the work premises. This course includes the most up-to-date UK and EU laws, rules, and regulations to ensure that you can comply with the requirements while maintaining food hygiene and safety standards that meet your position requirements.
Upon successful completion of this Food Hygiene Training Level 2 course, you will be able to learn how to implement safe food practices to create a better working environment and decrease the risk of customers contracting a foodborne illness.
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety Course for Retail Details

CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means, that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.
The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries.
- Module 1: Food Safety Legislation
- Module 2: Hazards from Delivery to Service
- Module 3: Risk Control (Prevention of Contamination)
- Module 4: Pests, Premises and People
This comprehensive Food Hygiene Training Level 2 course is ideal and suitable for anyone working in a retail setting where food is prepared, cooked and handled.
Typical environments may include:
- Pubs, hotels, & restaurants
- Supermarkets and retail environments
- Food and drink manufacturers
- Hospitals
- Care homes
- Schools
Employers and employees in the retail food industry who have direct contact with food, such as chefs, kitchen assistants, school nursery staff, or care home workers, should take this course to learn the foolproof process of handling food while taking safety precautions and maintaining hygiene.
You can also check out our Food Hygiene and Safety Level 3 Course Online.
- There are no academic entry requirements for this Level 2 food hygiene and safety course for retail online. It is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
- However, you need to have a laptop/desktop/tablet or smartphone and a good internet connection
This Level 2 Food Safety Course for Retail assesses learners through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Upon successful completion of each module, learners must answer MCQs to step into the next module. In the assessment pass mark is 75%.
Contact Us for more information about our assessment method.
Endorsed Certificate from Quality Licence Scheme
After successfully passing the Food Hygiene Course Online MCQ exam you will be eligible to order the Endorsed Certificate by Quality Licence Scheme. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. There is a Quality Licence Scheme endorsement fee to obtain an endorsed certificate which is £65.
Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy
After successfully passing the Level 2 Food Hygiene Course Online MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. You will get the CPD-accredited PDF certificate free of cost, which is included with the course. There is an additional fee to obtain a printed copy of the CPD-accredited certificate, which is £35.
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Kai Dickinson
The Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety Course for Retail by Lead Academy is highly informative.

Lewis Gilbert
This Course offers practical and useful knowledge.

Mason West
The Course is engaging and comprehensive.

Zak Baker
This Course provides clear instructions.

Lewis Baxter
The Course uses a user-friendly platform.


Reece Gregory
The flexible options in the Course are excellent.

Eva Burns
The material in the Course is excellent.

Imogen Wade
This Course offers professional quality training.

Mollie Talbot
I highly recommend the Course to everyone.

Harriet Quinn
The Course provides in-depth knowledge.


Abby Bell
The Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety Course for Retail by Lead Academy offers great value for money.

Kayleigh Watson
This Course offers a valuable learning experience.

Harvey Green
The teaching methods and style presented on basic food hygiene level 2 course was extremely easy to follow and informative. I would recommend this course and training provider to anyone wanting to complete this course.

Molly Jackson
Excellent course. Easy to navigate and all useful information covered in this Level 2 food hygiene and safety course for retail online.

Sophie James
I have completed the Level 2 food hygiene and safety course for retail online with Lead Academy. The course work is very detailed but yet easy to follow and digest. I would highly recommend learning with them.

FAQs
CPD is globally recognised by employers, professional organisations and academic intuitions, thus a certificate from CPD Certification Service creates value towards your professional goal and achievement. CPD-certified certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world.
Although QLS courses are not subject to Ofqual regulation, they must adhere to an extremely high level that is set and regulated independently across the globe. A course that has been approved by the Quality Licence Scheme simply indicates that it has been examined and evaluated in terms of quality and fulfils the predetermined quality standards.
For CPD accredited PDF certificate it will take 24 hours, however for the hardcopy CPD certificate takes 5-7 business days and for the Quality License Scheme certificate it will take 7-9 business days.
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