Allergen Awareness: Never Guess
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Name the 14 allergens and explain allergy, intolerance and coeliac disease; and explain the rules for loose and prepacked food, and the FSA’s 2025 best.
- Assign to
- Everyone who prepares, serves or sells food
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Name the 14 allergens and explain allergy, intolerance and coeliac disease.
- Explain the rules for loose and prepacked food, and the FSA’s 2025 best practice.
- Keep allergen information accurate and prevent cross-contact.
- Recognise anaphylaxis and act fast.
The course
- 01The 14 allergens
- 02What the law expects
- 03Accurate and separate
- 04If someone reacts
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite the specials allergen information”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “How the tahini got through”; and “One allergy order, two kitchens”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
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Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Food Information Regulations 2014 (allergens)
- Food Safety Act 1990
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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