The following refers to the Competency Standard published by the Food Standards Agency on 24th October 2025.
Please click on the Competency headings below to identify relevent ABC Food Law training courses and webinars which may contribute towards the knowledge and understanding elements of the specified competency.
A list of currently available "on-demand" ABC Food Law webinars is available here.
Assessment Record
The Food Standards Agency have produced a template Competency Assessment Record which you may find useful. WE have adapted this to include links to our training resources and you can download a copy HERE.
A - Common activities
The following general webinars and online courses may be helpful in meeting the requirements of Part A of the Competency Standard:
Webinars
- Introduction to food law
- Traceability of food
- Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
- Primary Authority
- Food allergen webinars
- Food brokers
- Introduction to BRCGS
Online Courses
B - Specific Activities
Click on the following images for information regarding relevant webinars and online courses that may help towards meeting the specific Competency Standard requirements:
B1: Food hygiene specific activities B2: Food standards specific activities
C - Intervention activities
C1: Education, advice, and coaching
C4 Monitoring and Surveillance C5: Verification
C6: Assessing products, labelling, and other information
D: Investigations, incidents, and alerts activities
D1: Reactive investigations
D1.2: Investigating cases of food-borne illness
E: Enforcement activities
E1: Informal action
E2.1 Notices E2.2: Prohibition procedures
E2.3: Detaining, seizing and voluntary surrender of products
E3: Witness statements & interviewing suspects
F: Specialist activities
F1: Import controls
F4: Assessing businesses using specific processing methods and/or producing specific products
