Course Duration: Approximately 1 hour
This CPD-certified Food Allergen Awareness Training course helps employers meet their legal duties under the law to ensure staff have received adequate training to prevent harm from hazards such as allergens.
This course is suitable for any worker preparing, handling, selling or serving food products. It provides information about the 14 food allergens, their associated legislative requirements and how to control the hazards that food allergens present.
| Course Duration | Approximately 1 hour |
|---|---|
| Approval body | CPD |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
The course certificate includes:
A CPD-certified certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
Food allergens are substances that trigger an allergic reaction in those who are hypersensitive to them. Understanding food allergens, how to handle them, and how to label them is critical for those who work with them.
Food allergies can be lethal. Current FSA research estimates that around 6% of UK adults — about 2.4 million adults — have a clinically confirmed food allergy. Coeliac UK estimates that 1 in 100 people in the UK have coeliac disease, but only 36% are diagnosed.
Everyone needs to know what’s in their food, and no more so than allergy sufferers. Food businesses are legally required to provide allergen information and follow the relevant labelling rules for the food they sell or serve. Since 2021, Natasha’s Law also requires a full ingredients list with allergens emphasised on all pre-packed for direct sale (PPDS) foods.
This online Food Allergen Awareness Training course is for those who handle food products in any capacity. It provides an essential awareness of food allergies and equips users with valuable guidelines and the information needed to comply with the law.
This course helps food businesses:
Learners who complete the course and pass the assessment receive a digital food allergen awareness certificate of completion. Training records are stored automatically, giving organisations a readily available record of staff compliance to evidence during audits and inspections.
This training supports compliance with the main UK food law applying to allergen management, including:
It helps food businesses demonstrate that staff handling food have received appropriate allergen awareness training, in line with their legal duty to manage food safety hazards.
Give your staff the knowledge they need to recognise the 14 major allergens, prevent cross-contamination and provide accurate information to customers. This training helps food businesses improve allergen management, reduce the risk of incidents and demonstrate compliance with UK food law.
Food Allergen Training provides awareness of the 14 named food allergens, related legal requirements, and how to manage allergen risks in food preparation, handling, and labelling. The training helps prevent allergic reactions by ensuring food workers understand proper food safety practices and legal duties.
This food allergy and intolerance training is suitable for anyone who prepares, handles, serves, sells, or manages food. This includes chefs, kitchen staff, food service personnel, food production workers, retail food workers, food safety managers, and quality control officers. It is also suitable as food allergy awareness training for restaurants, cafés, takeaways, hotels and other catering businesses where staff serve food directly to customers.
The course is priced at £25 + VAT for a single trainee. Discounted rates are available for bulk purchases. Click on ‘Discount’ beneath the ‘Buy Now’ button for more details.
The certificate is valid for three years. After that period, it’s recommended to retake the training to refresh your knowledge and remain compliant with current laws.
Yes. This course is certified by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certification Service.
The course takes approximately 1 hour to complete. Because it is online and self-paced, learners can work through the content in a single session or in shorter sessions that fit around their shifts. Progress is saved automatically, so learners can pause and return at any time.
To obtain a food allergen certificate, learners must complete an approved allergen awareness training course and pass the end-of-course assessment. On successful completion of this Food Allergen Awareness Training course, learners receive a CPD-certified digital certificate that can be downloaded immediately and used as evidence of training during audits or inspections.
UK food law does not specify a single mandatory course, but food businesses must ensure that any staff handling food are trained to a level appropriate to their role. For most food handlers, this means an awareness-level course covering the 14 major allergens, the risk of cross-contamination, allergen labelling rules — including Natasha’s Law — and how to communicate allergen information to customers. This Food Allergen Awareness Training course covers each of these areas.
