Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Retail

Those achieving this regulated qualification will be equipped with the necessary information to manage and supervise food safety effectively in any retail environment where food service and food sales are involved.

The food retailing environment is diverse and adequate controls must be in place for both high risk and low risk foods. This qualification will equip those responsible for managing controls with the necessary competence to ensure that safe food is sold.

One important aspect of food safety in a retail environment is ensuring that any controls applied by the supplier are continued to the point of sale. Achievement of this qualification will ensure that staff have the confidence to manage the continuity of the food safety chain in any retail situation. The qualification also focuses on how HACCP is applied to food safety in a retail environment and the role that those responsible for food safety should take to ensure that management systems are implemented and verified.

Those achieving this qualification will be compliant with their employer’s requirement to train them commensurate with their work activities. The qualification is recognised by enforcement officers and auditors from nationally-recognised or independent auditing schemes.