Food Allergen training is designed to provide useful, clear and practical information to help food handlers increase their knowledge, identify allergens and recognize the importance of ensuring foods are labelled correctly in order to keep customers safe.
Food allergies can cause severe adverse reactions and, as a food handler, you have a legal responsibility to ensure that the food you serve is safe to eat. Food Allergen training helps to understand the responsibilities of food handlers, including those to ensure that food packaging and menus are labelled correctly in regards to the allergens they contain, as defined by the Law and Regulations enforced
Controlling allergens is an integral part of the HACCP program, and like other food safety hazards, must be tackled following a systematic risk-based approach. Under HACCP, allergens are categorised as chemical hazards.
