Food Safety Courses

This course is essential for those who will undertake internal food safety audits, or who will be required to plan, manage and implement internal audit programmes.

Based on the leading global food safety standard, this highly interactive two-day training programme is designed for those people who require a sound understanding of the techniques and principles of food safety auditing. It also covers the role of the food safety auditor in the development and improvement of an effective food safety management system.

2 Days, 09.00 – 17.15

This course is ideal for food industry personnel intending to become involved in the internal audit process for the maintenance and improvement of their food safety programmes including those:

• Involved in auditing the site HACCP program or external suppliers
• Intending to become involved in the internal audit process for the maintenance and improvement of their site’s food safety management system.

Typical roles include Quality Assurance Managers, Supervisors and internal audit team members. The audit principles and techniques developed in this course can be applied to any food safety management standard.

To understand the audit process and be able to plan, perform and report the results of internal food safety audits with the aim of developing and improving the food safety management system of an organisation. To help delegates to understanding best practice for ensuring successful internal audits.

• Introduction to auditing food safety management systems
• This course is based on ISO 22000, BRCGS and other GFSI recognised standards
• Audit preparation including audit scheduling, audit planning and audit checklists
• Performing the audit including opening meetings,non-verbal communications, question techniques, resolving conflict and gathering objective evidence.
• Presentation of audit findings including the evaluation of audit findings, non-conformity classification, corrective action requests, developing an audit report, closing meeting and root cause analysis.
• Follow up activities
• Key to successful internal audits

Upon successful completion of the course delegates will be equipped with the technical skills and knowledge required to plan, conduct and report internal food safety audits. Delegates will also find the interactive nature of the course, it’s challenging content and extensive use of team-based exercises stimulating and surprisingly enjoyable.

The knowledge and skills developed in the course can be applied to internal audits of any food safety management standard.

Delegates can apply for certification as a CQI and IRCA Certified Internal Auditor if they have also completed an FSMS Foundation Course or can prove equivalent knowledge when applying.

Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.

Our course leaders have unrivalled management systems design and improvement experience. They are qualified and experienced auditors with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government. We have extensive experience working across cultural boundaries, through our work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas

Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded a CQI and IRCA Certified training accredited certificate. (2340)

• 29th-30th September 2025 - Virtual

Course Fee: £795 ex VAT

This practical workshop based course is for those intending to acquire the competencies to audit an organisation's entire Food Safety Management System (FSMS) to meet the requirements of the FSSC 22000 scheme, either as a third or second-party auditor.

The Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000) includes a complete certification Scheme for the auditing and certification of a Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS).

The scheme was developed through extensive and open consultation with many global stakeholders and uses international and independent standards such as ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 22003, and technical specifications for sector-specific Pre-Requisite Programs (PRPs), such as ISO/TS 22002-1.

The FSSC Scheme cover sectors where a technical specification for sector PRPs has been developed and follows the food chain category description as defined in ISO/TS 22003

This intensive, challenging and highly interactive CQI and IRCA Certified training program is for those people who require an in-depth understanding of the knowledge and skills required to perform second and third-party audits of a FSMS against FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000. 

Many of the skills acquired on this course can be applied to auditing other Food Safety Management Systems.

Please note - If you are looking for a public course and your initial interest is ISO 22000, the FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor course may still be suitable as the course covers ISO 22000 with additional food safety requirements.

5 Days, 08:30 – 17:00 (Days 1 to 4) 08:30 – 15:30 (Day 5) (Online Exam)

• This IRCA Certified FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor (FSMS) training course satisfies the training requirements for those who wish to register as a food safety management system lead auditor with the CQI and under the food safety auditor scheme
• Food safety professionals with a responsibility to design, implement and manage a Food Safety Management System that meets the requirements of FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000
• Food safety auditors who have been looking to enhance their auditing knowledge and skills or looking to achieve formal recognition for their skills and knowledge.
• Auditors, from any Organisation in the food chain, who need to lead audits and audit teams, both in their own Organisation and in others, such as suppliers, where there is a requirement to audit Food Safety Management Systems against FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000

It is ESSENTIAL that those attending this course have the following prior knowledge:

• Knowledge of the principles of food safety management including pre-requisite programmes and HACCP
• It isRECOMMENDEDthat those attending this course have the following prior knowledge:
• The relationship between food safety management and the provision of safe food
• Awareness of common examples of relevant national and local FSMS legislation (in the food sector and country relevant to the delegate)
• Knowledge of the requirements of FSSC 22000, ISO/TS 22002 and the commonly used food safety management terms and definitions as given in FSSC 22000
• The Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle

• PDCA cycle and its use within an FSMS
• THE FSSC standard (ISO 22000, ISO 22002 pre-requisite standards and FSSC additional requirements.
• Terms and definition used in FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000
• FSMS Documentation
• ISO 19011/ ISO17021 and auditing
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party audits
• Benefits of third-party accredited certification
• The audit processes
• Selecting an audit team
• Stage1, Stage 2, surveillance, unannounced and recertification audits
• Auditor responsibilities and competencies
• Planning and conducting an audit
• Auditing Food Safety Management System requirements
• Generating audit findings and nonconformities
• Reporting and following up of an audit

This practical workshop based course is designed to develop the knowledge and competencies needed to perform an audit of a  FSMS. The course will  also develop delegates’ wider understanding of food safety management systems design and implementation and understand how HACCP must be embedded into the Food Safety Management System of an organisation for it to be effective.

Successful completion of the course and the achievement of the 50% pass mark will satisfy the formal training requirements for those wishing to register as an Auditor, Lead Auditor or Principal Auditor with CQI and IRCA Certified training under the food safety auditor scheme.

Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.

Our course leaders are professional practitioners in the food sector, as well as being qualified, registered, and experienced auditors. They have extensive knowledge across a wide variety of food industry organisations such as primary food processing, food manufacturing, retailing, and catering. They have cut their teeth within high profile organisations, and fully understand the range of technical, legislative and people challenges that face those with a responsibility for delivering robust food safety management systems and customer confidence.

Delegates successfully completing the course, including the examination will be awarded a CQI and IRCA training accredited certificate. (2682)

• 22nd-26th September 2025 - Virtual
• 20th-24th October 2025 - Virtual

Course Fee: £1,595 ex vat