Improving Your Food Hygiene Rating

Every food business operator needs to ensure that they follow food hygiene standards and meet the requirements of food safety law. This not only reduces the risk of food poisoning but can also help to reduce food wastage and improve the profitability of the business. 

Caredemy’s Improving your Food Hygiene Rating online training course helps food business operators to understand food hygiene regulations and gives them an overview of how to improve their food hygiene rating. The course is designed to meet the regulations for food handlers in the UK. 

What is a Food Hygiene Rating?

The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is run by the Food Standards Agency in association with local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It assesses the standards of food hygiene found at food businesses and gives each business a rating which helps customers to make decisions on where to buy food. 

The FSA ratings range from 5 (very good hygiene standards) to 0 (urgent improvement is required) and the ratings are displayed both online and at business premises. FSA ratings are based upon a range of factors including the number and type of customers, the type of food handled and the standard of food hygiene seen on the day of the inspection. 

Businesses which receive a low rating must make urgent or major improvements to the food hygiene at their premises. They will be given guidance on how to make the improvements and how quickly the changes must be implemented. 

If the inspector believes that the hygiene standards represent a risk to public health, the business operator could be told to cease some activities or close the business entirely until the risk has been addressed. 

Who is this Food Safety course suitable for?

Caredemy’s Improving your Food Hygiene Rating online training course is ideal for any food business owner, manager or supervisor who wishes to understand more about food hygiene ratings and improve their own rating.

It may also be appropriate for food handling staff such as chefs, cooks and kitchen assistants who want to gain a better understanding of how food hygiene regulations apply to their workplace.  

The Improving your Food Hygiene Rating online training course can be included in the induction syllabus for staff joining a company, and is also appropriate as refresher or CPD training for current staff.

What does the Improving your Food Hygiene Rating course cover?

Completing this course will give learners a thorough understanding of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. They will understand what aspects of food hygiene are covered by the scheme and how inspection frequencies are determined. The course will also explain online ratings and rating stickers, together with information on how business owners can check hygiene ratings for their own business. 

The course syllabus consists of a single module which covers a range of information relating to food hygiene ratings. It helps learners to understand their own rating, what the rating scheme covers and what aspects of food hygiene are not covered by the rating scheme. 

Guidance is also provided to businesses with poor food hygiene ratings, to help them improve their food hygiene prior to a re-inspection.

Learners should expect to complete this food hygiene course with approximately 60 minutes of study. The course is assessed by a multiple-choice exam with a 70% pass mark, and when you have passed the exam you will be able to download a free CPD-accredited Improving your Food Hygiene Rating course certificate. You will also receive 1 CPD point for successfully completing the course and exam.

In the event that you don’t pass the exam on the first sitting, you are entitled to free resits during the 12 month course access period.

Food Safety training with Caredemy

Caredemy’s online training academy provides expert-designed online food hygiene courses. All of our courses are ideal for staff CPD training, and we take care to ensure that our care skills courses meet Care Quality Commision (CQC) requirements for training. 

Online food safety training is a convenient way for staff in the food sector to keep their training up to date with less impact on their day-to-day schedule. We provide a convenient online Learner Dashboard, which helps them to track their progress through the course syllabus. It is also an easy way for management to provide evidence of staff training and certification at inspection time. 

Access to the course materials is provided immediately after payment has been received by Caredemy. Staff can revisit the course materials and take the exam as often as required during the 12 month access period. We’re confident that you’ll be satisfied with your Caredemy online food safety course but in the event of any problems, your course is covered by our 14 day Money Back Guarantee. 

To learn more about our online Food Hygiene and Safety Basic training course, please visit the course details page. You can also book your course on our website, sign up over the phone by calling 0203 488 7599 or email our Student Support team for further information.