This course provides a comprehensive foundation in food safety and hygiene practices, focusing on real-world application in kitchens, cafes, restaurants, and food handling businesses. Through 11 short, engaging modules, learners explore:
Microbiological hazards and contamination
Personal hygiene and illness prevention
Cleaning, pest control, and equipment design
Legal duties, temperature control, and allergen awareness
Food safety from purchase to service
Each module includes simple explanations, interactive quizzes, and practical examples. At the end of the course, learners complete a 20-question final exam and receive a certificate upon passing.
In this lesson, you'll discover why food safety is essential for protecting customers and keeping food businesses compliant and successful. You'll learn about the risks of foodborne illnesses and understand your role in preventing them. Whether you're a new food handler or refreshing your knowledge, this module is your starting point to safe practices.
In this lesson, you'll learn about the tiny organisms that can make food unsafe — including bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. You'll understand how they grow, spread, and how we can stop them. Mastering this knowledge is key to keeping food safe and customers healthy.
In this module, you’ll explore the four types of contamination that can make food unsafe — and how to prevent them. You’ll learn how cross-contamination happens, why allergens are a serious risk, and how to protect food from all kinds of harm. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to identify hazards before they become a threat.
Contamination happens when something unwanted or harmful gets into food.
This can occur at any stage:
During handling
During storage
During preparation
Even after cooking!
In this module, you’ll learn what food poisoning really is, what causes it, and how it can be prevented. You’ll understand the symptoms, how harmful microorganisms get into food, and how you can take action to protect people from getting sick.
Good personal hygiene is one of the easiest — and most powerful — ways to prevent food contamination. In this module, you’ll learn what’s expected of you as a food handler: how to wash your hands correctly, when to stay away from food, and what protective clothing to wear.
A well-designed food premises doesn’t just look good — it protects food from contamination. In this module, you’ll learn how the layout, surfaces, equipment, and workflow in a kitchen can affect food safety and make cleaning easier.
A clean kitchen isn't just about looking good - it’s essential for food safety. In this module, you’ll learn the difference between cleaning and disinfection, understand what needs to be cleaned (and how often), and see why effective hygiene routines can stop harmful microbes in their tracks.
Pests like rats, flies, and cockroaches are more than just unpleasant — they’re a serious threat to food safety. In this module, you’ll learn how to identify signs of pests, understand the risks they pose, and explore simple ways to keep them out of your food business.
Food safety isn't just about the kitchen. It begins when food is ordered — and continues until it's served to the customer. In this module, you'll learn how to manage food safety at each stage: from buying, receiving, and storing food, to preparing, cooking, holding, and serving it safely.
Food safety laws exist to protect public health - and every food worker has a legal duty to follow them. In this module, you’ll discover what the law says about food hygiene, what could happen if it’s broken, and how to meet your legal responsibilities in the workplace.
You’ve completed all the core topics! This final module will help you revise key concepts, prepare for your test, and boost your confidence. Whether it’s understanding question types or using memory techniques, you’ll walk away ready to pass.