Allergen Awareness Online Course UK – Food Allergy CPD Training

Food allergen awareness for UK catering teams

Allergen Awareness Online Course UK

The Allergen Awareness Online Course UK helps food handlers, hospitality staff and managers understand the risks associated with food allergens, customer information requests and cross-contamination. It is relevant to restaurants, cafés, takeaways, pubs, catering businesses, food retailers and other organisations serving food.

Learning247 currently offers CPD-accredited and video-based allergen-awareness training with online assessment and completion certification.

What You Will Learn

• Why food allergies can create serious health risks
• The 14 allergens that must be declared under food law
• How allergen cross-contamination can happen
• How staff should handle allergen information requests
• Why accurate ingredient and recipe information matters
• Good communication between front-of-house and kitchen teams
• How allergen procedures support safer food service

UK Food Businesses Must Train Staff on Allergens

The Food Standards Agency states that food businesses must make sure staff receive training on allergens. Staff should know how to respond to allergen-information requests, manage cross-contamination risks and ensure meals intended for customers with allergies are handled correctly.

This course supports awareness and should be used alongside your business’s current recipes, allergen matrix, labelling, communication procedures and food-safety management arrangements.

Who Is This Allergen Course For?

• Chefs, cooks and kitchen assistants
• Waiters, bar staff and front-of-house teams
• Café and takeaway workers
• Food-retail employees
• Catering supervisors and managers
• New starters handling or serving food

Compare the full Food Safety & Hygiene Courses Online UK range, including Food Hygiene Level 2 and Supervising Food Safety Level 3.

Current Food Standards Agency Guidance

The FSA identifies 14 allergens that must be declared as allergens when used as ingredients and provides free food-allergy training resources for food businesses.

For current official information, see the Food Standards Agency allergen guidance.

Allergen Awareness Online Course UK FAQs

Do food businesses need to train staff on allergens?

Yes. The Food Standards Agency states that food businesses must ensure staff receive allergen training.

How many allergens are legally listed?

There are 14 allergens that must be declared when used as ingredients under applicable food-information rules.

Does this course replace my workplace allergen procedures?

No. It provides awareness training and should support, not replace, the business’s own allergen controls and food-safety procedures.

Do learners receive a certificate?

Learning247’s CPD allergen-awareness courses provide completion certification after successful study and assessment.

Enquire About Allergen Awareness Training

Ask about individual learner access and hospitality team packages.

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