Food Allergen Management for Environmental Health Officers, live online tutor-led training course

This intensive half-day course provides EHOs with essential knowledge and practical skills to assess, verify, and enforce allergen management standards in food businesses. It focuses on legal compliance, inspection techniques, and incident response, ensuring officers can protect public health and uphold regulatory requirements.

Target Audience:

• Environmental Health Officers
• Local Authority Food Safety Inspectors
• Enforcement professionals

The course will be delivered live online over the course of 4 hours (0900 - 1300 hours approx.), participants will be sent log in details for a Microsoft Teams Session.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, delegates will:

• Understand the public health significance of food allergies.
• Apply allergen legislation during inspections.
• Understand allergen management and integration with foods safety management systems.
• Assess allergen controls using HACCP principles.
• Investigate allergen-related incidents effectively.

 Training Course Content

• Public health impact of allergies - Symptoms, severity, and prevalence
• Legislation and enforcement - UK/EU requirements and EHO responsibilities
• Risk assessment and integration with food safety management systems - Reviewing allergen controls during inspections
• Communication and compliance - Labelling, menus, and verbal information checks
• Incident investigation - Complaint handling and enforcement protocols

Learning Outcomes

Delegates will be able to:

• Explain the nature and severity of food allergies and intolerances.
• Identify the 14 regulated allergens and their sources.
• Evaluate allergen risk controls during inspections.
• Verify allergen communication for compliance.
• Respond to allergen incidents and advise businesses on corrective actions.

Delegates have the option to take a short multiple choice quiz at the end of the course.