Hygiene and Cleaning in the Seafood Industry - an online open learning programme

Hygiene and Cleaning in the Seafood Industry is an open learning programme published by the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish). After studying this substantial training module you can undertake an Elementary Food Hygiene exam from the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS).

If successful you will be awarded this Level 2 Food Hygiene qualification. This regulated qualification is recognised throughout the UK and internationally.

Thousands of people in the UK seafood industry have used this open learning module to achieve a food safety qualification, and now thanks to Seafish you can use this open learning module on your PC, Netbook and Smartphone free of charge.

If all you need is to understand food hygiene then look no further. If you decide to go forward for the exam then there will be a charge although that may be funded by Seafish if you are part of the UK seafood Industry. If having studied the module you want to get the qualification then please email onshore@seafish.co.uk for information on how to do this.


Seafish's Hygiene Module as pdf files free to download from this webpage. Organisations wishing to use these files for group or commercial training should contact onshore@seafish.co.uk to find out how this can be approved.

The hygiene module is also available in other languages, as are the exams. To study these free programmes download the appropriate step-by-step guide.

Lithuanian step-by-step guide

Polish step-by-step guide

Portuguese step-by-step guide

Welsh step-by-step guide