Lack of achieving effective allergen control is currently a major source of product recalls in the UK - which can have significant cost and Brand reputation implications!

The health implications for those affected by allergens are serious.

The new BRC Global Food Standard also has more emphasis on Allergen risk assessment and control.

This course will unravel the complexities of allergen management and provide you with tools to health-check your own operation.

Up-to-date information on the key aspects of allergen control for Food Manufacturers will be simply explained.

Course content:

• Food allergies, symptoms & business impact
• Legislation requirements
• Sources of allergens
• Allergen hazard identification by risk assessment
• Contamination & labelling controls
• Group activity
• Auditing and monitoring systems

** Delegates are encouraged to bring a couple of their product labels to the training day, in particular any precautionary labelling such as "may contain", "made on a line" for review.

	The course will be presented by Chris Hodge, an acknowledged expert in allergen Regulatory management and Industry control practices.  Chris provided technical advice to the Food Standards Agency into the development of industry voluntary “Guidance on Allergen Management and Consumer Information” (published by FSA, July 2006).  Chris was previously Chairman of the Food and Drink Federation Allergen Steering Group.
	NOTE This course is now certificated by the CPD Certification Service.

Previous course comments:

• Well run coursethat went into good detail.
• Excellent course, well presented and very knowledgeble presenter.
• I started from a position of knowing nothing about allergens and now I could at least comment and discuss this with my customers.
• It was a real eye opener to the various allergens that are a problem and have prepared me to tackle then in our business.
• Feel confident to go ahead and sort out allergens at work
• Very informative course, excellently presented.

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Managing Food Allergens for Caterers

This course half day course covers the following topics:

• Session 1: Food allergies and symptoms
• Session 2: Which foods are involved?
• Session 3: Allergen management and Risk Assessment
• Session 4: Best Practice to manage allergens

This course is run on demand in-house call 01257 254 999 for details.

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