FOOD SAFETY, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CARE TRAINING COURSES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FOOD ALLERGIES
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CPD ACCREDITED, INTERACTIVE SHORT COURSE
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* 2 hr session
* Do you serve food, or have people with known allergies in your school or on
your team?
* In this webinar we will explain what food allergies are, and why it is vital
for you to understand, for the health and safety, and indeed life, of the
person involved
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COURSE CONTENTS:
* What is a food allergy
* The 14 Allergens
* The Immune System
* Consequences of Food Allergies
* The importance of good food hygiene
BENEFITS OF THIS SHORT COURSE:
* More than 20% of the population
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695393/pdf/Dtsch_Arztebl_Int-106-0359.pdf] in
industrialized countries suffer from food intolerance or food allergy
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About two million people
[https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/fsa170306.pdf] live
with a diagnosed food allergy in the UK, and 32 million in the US
[https://www.foodallergy.org/]
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600,000 people in the UK have coeliac disease
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This course will teach you the importance of ensuring food is safe to eat for
all, without causing significant pain or even death
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