Handling food safely in retail
Get certified in food handling with our convenient online training course. Enhance your skills as a food handler and ensure the health and safety of customers. Enroll now for your Food Handler Card!
This course includes
- Quizzes & knowledge checks
- Downloadable resources
- Closed captions & dubbing
- Mobile app (iOS & Android)
- Hands-on activity
Supported by trusted hospitality organizations
This course is supported by leading hospitality organizations, reflecting recognized industry best practice.
Skills you will gain
Course details
Safe food handling is one of the most important responsibilities you have in a retail environment. Poor food hygiene can have pretty serious consequences - so it's up to everyone to make sure food is handled correctly at every stage. This is where the importance of food safety training comes into play.
Across these lessons, we'll talk about all the different ways you can make sure the food you receive, store, prepare and serve is always safe for consumption. as you progress through this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become a certified food handler. You'll discover essential tips for personal hygiene, as well as keeping your work area clean and safe.
Ensure safe food handling in a retail environment and find a training program for food handlers online. Food safety training is crucial to prevent the serious consequences of poor food hygiene. You'll learn various methods to ensure the food you handle is always safe for consumption. Gain essential knowledge and skills to become a certified food handler, covering personal hygiene and maintaining a clean and safe work area.
Your instructor for the Handling food safely in retail course is Sylvia Anderson, Food hygiene expert.
What you'll learn in the Handling food safely in retail course
- Why food safety in retail is so important
- How to ensure excellent personal hygiene
- The correct procedure for washing and sanitizing your hands
- How to safely receive food deliveries
- Tips for safe and effective food storage and display
- How to prepare food before service
- How to serve food safely in a retail environment
- Cleaning your food handling area
- Pest control for a retail environment
- And much more!
Take an online retail food handling course: Safeguard your retail food business with essential knowledge and skills. Understand the significance of food safety and maintaining excellent personal hygiene. Learn the correct procedures for handwashing and sanitization, safely receiving food deliveries, and effective food storage and display. Master safe food preparation and serving, maintain a clean food handling area, implement pest control measures, and more!
Who the Handling food safely in retail is for
The Handling food safely in retail online course is aimed at any retail staff who handle, prepare, or serve food products.
Course content
11 lessons · 51m 25s total · 1 hands-on activity
Course instructor

Sylvia Anderson, Chartered MCIPD, MRSPH, BA (Hons) MIH, MSOFHT, is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and food hygiene expert. Sylvia has worked across all areas of the hospitality industry for over 30 years, and proudly promotes best practices...
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