Butchers Shops

Food hygiene training

The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Butchers' Shops) Amendment Regulations 2000

The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995

A 'food handler' is anyone involved in a food business who handles food whether it is open (unwrapped) or packaged. The law requires the proprietor of a food business to ensure that all 'food handlers' are trained in food hygiene matters. Food includes drinks and ice.

A list of local providers of food hygiene training follows.

For further details about the courses available, please contact the organisations below.

Some of these organisations will provide training at your premises. Those marked * provide intermediate food hygiene courses.

Meat and Livestock Commission*

PO Box 44

Winterhill House

Snowdon Drive

Milton Keynes

MK6 1AX

Tel: 01908 677 577

Fax: 01908 609 221

HSH Training Consultancy Limited|

Radford Way

Billericay

Essex

CM12 0DX

Tel: 01277 633 444

North West Kent College|

Miskin Road

Dartford

Kent

DA1 2LU

Tel: 01322 629 400

Food Hygiene Matters|

Bowtell House

254C High Road

Benfleet

Essex

SS7 5LA

Tel: 01268 754 594

Basildon College of Further Education|

Nethermayne

Basildon

Essex

SS16 5NN

Tel: 01268 532015

Stewart Harris Agnew

86 Herongate Road

Wanstead

London

E12 5EQ

Tel: 020 8989 2436

Havering College of Further Education|

Ardleigh Green Road

Hornchurch

RM11 2LL

Tel: 01708 455011 ext 303

Courses by arrangement

Redbridge College|

Little Heath

Romford

RM6 4XT

Tel: 020 8548 7420

One day course run every other month

Waltham Forest College|

707 Forest Road

London

E17 4JB

Tel: 020 8501 8092

One day course run every month

The following bodies accredit formal food hygiene training courses:

This list is provided for information only - food hygiene training may be available locally from other organisations.

This list does not constitute endorsement by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of the organisations listed or the courses provided.

The Barking and Dagenham Council and Barking College Training Partnership

The Council and Barking College have teamed up to run Foundation and Intermediate Food Hygiene Courses that are approved by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. These courses are suitable for all caterers, and particularly for the requirements of Butchers' Shop licensing.

Foundation course - English (1 day)

£25

Please call Roy Bennett at Barking College on 01708 766 841 for more information. This course is run throughout the year.

Intermediate Course - English (4½ days)

£200 plus VAT

Please call the Council's Food Team on 020 8227 5640 for more information. This course is run throughout the year.

Foundation course - Cantonese (1 day)

All course material, examination papers and teaching is provided in Cantonese, and is targeted at Cantonese speakers.

£45 plus VAT for those working in the food industry in Barking and Dagenham
£50 plus VAT for those working outside the borough
£35 plus VAT for resitting the exam

Please call the Council's Food Team on 020 8227 5640 for more information.

Foundation course - Bengali (1 day)

All course material, examination papers and teaching is provided in Bengali and English, and is targeted at Bengali speakers.

£45 plus VAT for those working in the food industry in Barking and Dagenham
£50 plus VAT for those working outside the borough
£35 plus VAT for resitting the exam

Please call the Council's Food Team on 020 8227 5640 for more information.

Butchers Shops

Food hygiene training

The Barking and Dagenham Council and Barking College Training Partnership

Foundation course - English (1 day)

Intermediate Course - English (4½ days)

Foundation course - Cantonese (1 day)

Foundation course - Bengali (1 day)

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