Food Hygiene Courses and Safer Food Better Business Training

All food businesses must

• have a written food safety management system that details all the checks needed to ensure the food they sell is safe and
• make sure all their staff are trained in food hygiene to a level appropriate to their job.

Food businesses with a written food safety management system and properly trained staff get more stars in our "Scores on the Doors" food hygiene rating scheme.

The Council provides two training courses to help businesses.

The Council provides the CIEH accredited Foundation Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering. It will benefit anyone working in catering. Although it is aimed at anyone involved in food handling in catering many of the principles apply to any food business.

The courses are held at the Council Offices, Holt Road, Cromer. If your require advice please ring the Commercial Team or, for more information on the course, please follow the link to the leaflet below. To book a place on the course contact the Customer Services Team on (01263) 516189. A minimum of 12 persons are required for each course to be run. The next courses will be held at the Council Offices on the following dates:

• Tuesday 24th August from 9.30am to 5.00pm
• Tuesday 21st September from 9.30am to 5.00pm
• Tuesday 19th October from 9.30am to 5.00pm
• Tuesday 9th November from 9.30am to 5.00pm

Follow the link below to download an application form to attend a course. This should be returned with the appropriate fee, or credit/debit card details, to the Customer Services Team. Please contact the Customer Services Team to make sure places are available before returning the form and fill in a new form for each person attending the course. Please note that refunds will not be made for requests to change attendance dates, cancellation of course attendance or non-attendance of courses less than 7 days before the course takes place.

• CIEH Foundation Level 2 Award in Food Safety Course (PDF)
• Fees (PDF)
  

A new course with workshops and free onsite coaching!

Food business operators must have a written food safety management system that details all the checks needed to ensure the food they sell is safe. Failure to comply may mean your business and custom suffers. If you use Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) properly you will comply with this requirement. We strongly recommend SFBB for catering and retail food businesses.

We now hold workshops in food safety management based on the "Safer Food, Better Business" pack. SFBB is a simple and practical approach to food safety management. Businesses helped design the pack so it is business friendly and easy to use. Hundreds of businesses in Norfolk already use it to make sure the food they sell is safe to eat. They have been helped by attending workshops arranged as part of two Food Standards Agency projects run by local councils.

Managers, chefs and other supervisory staff can come along and learn how to adapt, fill in and use the pack. It is especially suitable for new businesses, new managers of existing businesses or if you want to make sure your SFBB pack is being used properly.

The workshop costs £45 and is followed by a free coaching session in your own business to help you put it into practice. A maximum of two members of staff from each business can attend the workshop.

The courses are held at the Council Offices, Holt Road, Cromer. If you require advice or more information on the course please ring the Commercial Team. A minimum of 6 businesses are required for each course to be run. The next courses will be held at the Council Offices on the following dates:

• Wednesday 20th October 2010 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
• Wednesday 24th November 2010 from 9.30pm to 12.30pm

To book a place on the course contact the Commercial Team on (01263) 516008. Please note that refunds will not be made for requests to change attendance dates, cancellation of course attendance or non-attendance of courses less than 7 days before the course takes place.

If any of the dates are not suitable you may want to check out other councils SFBB workshops - these also come with free coaching at your business as part of the "SFBB Norfolk" project funded by the Food Standards Agency.

The details of courses in other Norfolk authorities are as follows:

• Broadland District Council - contact Food Safety Team, Broadland District Council, Thorpe Lodge, 1 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0DU, tel: 01603 430574, fax: 01603 430616, email: environ.enforcement@broadland.gov.uk
• • Thursday 23rd September 2010 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
  • Thursday 21st October 2010 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Thursday 16th September 2010 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
  • Monday 18th October 2010 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
  • Wednesday 17th November 2010 from 10.00am to 1.00pm
• Norwich City Council - contact Duty Officer, Food Safety Team, Norwich City Council, St Peters Street, Norwich, NR2 1NH, tel: 01603 212749, fax: 01603 212106, email: ehealth@norwich.gov.uk
  • Friday 24th September 2010 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
  • Monday 18th October 2010 from 9.30am to 12.20pm
  • Monday 15th November 2010 from 9.30am to 12.30pm