Achieving Food Hygiene Rating Level 5

CPD, IIRSM, Institute of Hospitality & IOSH Approved

Course Description

In December 2008, the Food Standards Agency introduced the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. This scheme is now operational across all areas of Wales, Northern Ireland, and in 99% of England.

The rating scheme is designed to ensure that businesses broadly compliant with food law and effectively managing food safety risks will receive a rating of three. Those managing the risks well will achieve a rating of four or five. However, significant lapses in any of the scoring criteria can have a considerable effect on the rating.

This course provides an overview of how the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works, the scoring criteria, how these are assessed by inspectors, the appeals process, the Safer Food Better Business management system, E. Coli, and concludes with practical advice for achieving the best score possible for your premises.

While this course prepares you well for achieving higher food hygiene ratings, it does not guarantee a rating of 5, and we accept no liability for lower ratings being given.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify Food Hygiene ratings and understand their meanings.
• Define the scoring criteria and understand how the final score is determined.
• State the process for appealing scores.
• Understand how to apply Safer Food, Better Business to ensure compliance with legal obligations.
• Recognise the components of good hygiene and cleaning structures for your business.

Course Modules

Recommended System Requirements

• Browser: Up-to-date web browser
• Video: Up-to-date video drivers
• Memory: 1GB+ RAM
• Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)

Duration

50 minutes (This estimate is based on the total video content duration and does not account for loading times or time taken to answer questions).