Food Safety Practice Test (Ireland) 2026
Food handlers in Ireland must be supervised and trained in food hygiene to suit their work. Courses and any certificates come from training providers; there is no single national exam. This practice covers food law, HACCP, temperatures, allergens, hygiene, cleaning and pests.
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Godkänt: Set by your training provider. The law requires supervision and training, not one specific certificate. Ansvarig: Training providers; food law enforced by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and the HSE Environmental Health Service. Öva gratis här med 60 frågor, alla med svar och förklaring. Kontrollerad mot officiella källor den 10 oktober 2026.
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Svar: C. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)
The FSAI oversees the enforcement of food law in Ireland, working with official agencies such as the HSE.
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Svar: B. Environmental health officers from the HSE
The HSE Environmental Health Service carries out inspections of most food service businesses.
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Svar: C. The food business operator
The FSAI states that, under food law, the food business is responsible for ensuring the food it produces is safe to eat.
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Svar: D. Regulation (EC) No 852/2004
Regulation 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs sets the general hygiene rules, including HACCP and training.
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Svar: A. They must be supervised and instructed or trained in food hygiene to suit their work
Regulation 852/2004 requires food handlers to be supervised and instructed and/or trained in food hygiene in line with their work activity.
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Svar: A. The people responsible for developing and maintaining the business's HACCP-based procedures
Regulation 852/2004 requires those responsible for the HACCP-based procedures to be trained in HACCP principles.
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Svar: A. The FSAI Learning Portal
The FSAI runs a Learning Portal with online training resources for food businesses.
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Svar: B. The competent authority that will supervise it, such as the HSE Environmental Health Service
Regulation 852/2004 requires food business operators to notify the competent authority so each establishment can be registered.
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Svar: D. A Closure Order
Enforcement orders include Closure Orders, Improvement Orders and Prohibition Orders. The FSAI publishes orders that are served.
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Svar: A. Trace it: know who supplied it and who it was supplied to
Food businesses must have a traceability system, so food can be traced one step back and one step forward.
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Svar: D. Shared values and behaviour that put food safety first at every level
A good food safety culture means managers and staff all take food safety seriously. The FSAI Safe Catering Pack now has a section on it.
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Svar: C. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HACCP is a system for finding the hazards in a food business and controlling them.
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Svar: A. A food safety management system based on HACCP
The FSAI states that you must maintain your food safety management system based on HACCP.
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Svar: D. Identify the hazards
The first step is to identify hazards that must be prevented, eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels.
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Svar: D. A step where control is essential to prevent or reduce a hazard
Cooking, cooling and chilled storage are common critical control points in catering.
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Svar: B. The value that separates acceptable from unacceptable at a critical control point
For example, a minimum core cooking temperature is a critical limit at the cooking step.
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Svar: D. Monitoring
Monitoring means planned checks at each critical control point to make sure the critical limit is met.
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Svar: B. A corrective action, such as cooking it for longer
When monitoring shows a critical limit is not met, a corrective action must be taken.
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Svar: C. Verification
Verification procedures check regularly that the HACCP-based system works, and it is reviewed when anything changes.
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Svar: A. To show that checks are being done and the system is working
Documents and records are one of the HACCP principles and help show the business is in control.
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Svar: B. A user-friendly approach to HACCP for caterers
The FSAI describes the Safe Catering Pack as a user-friendly approach to HACCP.
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Svar: D. Recording forms and checklists, plus a Declaration of Completion and Review that must be signed
The pack includes forms for recording checks, training and allergen management, and a signed declaration.
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Svar: A. 14
EU food information law lists 14 allergens that must be declared when used in food.
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Svar: D. Lupin
Lupin is one of the 14. Others include celery, cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphites and tree nuts.
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Svar: D. Molluscs
Molluscs include mussels, oysters and squid. Crustaceans include prawns, crab and lobster.
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Det riktiga provet: Set by your training provider. The law requires supervision and training, not one specific certificate.
Bra att veta före provet
- Under food law, the food business is responsible for making sure the food it produces is safe to eat.
- Food businesses must maintain a food safety management system based on HACCP and have a traceability system.
- Food handlers must be supervised and instructed or trained in food hygiene to suit their work.
- The FSAI Safe Catering Pack is a user-friendly approach to HACCP, with recording forms and a signed Declaration of Completion and Review.
- Allergen information for non-prepacked food is covered by S.I. No. 489 of 2014.
- The FSAI publishes the enforcement orders served on food businesses.
Vanliga frågor
Do I need a food safety certificate to work with food in Ireland?
The law requires food handlers to be supervised and trained in food hygiene to suit their work. It does not name one compulsory certificate, but many employers use courses from training providers.
Who inspects food businesses in Ireland?
For most restaurants, cafés and shops, environmental health officers from the HSE. The FSAI oversees enforcement.
What temperatures should I know?
Chilled food at 5°C or below, frozen food at −18°C or colder, cooking to a core temperature of 75°C, and hot holding at 63°C or above.
How many allergens must be declared?
Fourteen, including celery, lupin, molluscs, mustard and sesame.