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In 2015 we were awarded a three year contract to deliver training courses on behalf of the FSA to local authority delegates.

The training courses were delivered in two lots: Enforcement and UKFSS and within the Enforcement lot there were five categories namely: Hygiene, Standards, Imports, Animal Feed and Food Crime. Topics covered in each of these categories included: 

Hygiene: Approved Establishments; Inspection of Dairy Establishments; Intervention Risk Rating; Hygiene Enforcement Sanctions; Competency and Authorisation Requirements; HACCP and Auditing Skills.

Standards: Food Information Regulation; Food Information Improvement Notice Drafting and Food Standards Overview.

Imports: Effective Imported Food Control; Imported Food Control at Small Ports; Imported Food Update.

Animal Feed: Feed Enforcement Powers; Lead Feed Officer; Sampling of Animal Feed; Earned Recognition; HACCP in Feed Establishments; Overview of Feed Labelling for Food Producing Animals; Feed Safety Management in Food Businesses

Food Crime: Evidence Gathering and Investigation Skills

All of the above courses were developed and delivered in-house by the ABC team, no consultants or temporary trainers were used on this project. This enabled ABC to carefully monitor the quality and consistency of the training that was delivered. Additional training was provided to ABC staff as required and our quality system included a weekly review of all delegate feedback as well as performance assessments.

Most courses were delivered at local authority venues around the country. At the end of each course our tutors completed an evaluation of each venue and allocated a rating. This rating was then used to determine the suitability of the venue to host subsequent courses.

At the end of each course, delegates were asked to complete an evaluation form which requested their opinion on matters such as the level of the training, the standard of presentation, whether the course was well organised and the standard of the training room.

A copy of our annual report is available here

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