How long is the BA in Food Safety and Compliance?

The BA in Food Safety and Compliance runs three years full-time (with part-time and accelerated routes), including a year-two industry placement and a final-year honours dissertation on a live compliance question.

How is the BA in Food Safety and Compliance delivered?

The BA in Food Safety and Compliance combines seminars, HACCP labs, live audit projects and placement supervision. Online and distance routes share the same seminar structure and named tutors as the on-campus cohort.

Is this BA recognised in the UK?

Yes. The BA in Food Safety and Compliance is a UK Level 6 honours degree benchmarked against UKHospitality guidance, Institute of Hospitality standards and Food Standards Agency inspection frameworks.

What are the entry requirements for this BA?

Applicants need A-levels at BBB or above or a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits, plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4/C. Non-native English speakers require IELTS 6.5 overall.

What does the BA cost and is funding available?

Full fees, instalment plans and scholarship eligibility for the BA in Food Safety and Compliance are confirmed at enrolment. LSCAHM admissions issues written quotes and reviews part-payment or sponsor options with each applicant.

BA in Food Safety and Compliance | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BA in Food Safety and Compliance is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree (with part-time and accelerated routes) aligned with UKHospitality, Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Institute of Environmental Health themes. It is written for students preparing for compliance leadership roles across hotel groups, restaurant chains, contract caterers and food businesses across the UK and internationally.

By graduation, students are auditing HACCP systems on multi-site operations, drafting food safety management plans, briefing management on Food Standards Agency and Environmental Health Officer expectations, sitting a year-long industry placement, and completing an honours dissertation on a live compliance question.

Key Features

Level 6 honours curriculum benchmarked to UKHospitality food-safety guidance and Institute of Hospitality standards.
Year-two industry placement with a hotel group, restaurant chain, contract caterer or food-safety consultancy.
Final-year honours dissertation on a live compliance question.
HACCP, allergen management, traceability and product-recall labs delivered in a working London environment.
Guest masterclasses from Environmental Health Officers and food-safety consultants.
Institute of Hospitality student membership pathway included.
Named academic tutor plus a placement mentor from year two.

What You Will Learn

Design and audit HACCP plans for kitchens, production sites and multi-site operations.
Manage allergen protocols to Natasha's Law and UK Food Information Regulation standards.
Coordinate product recalls, traceability incidents and regulator communications.
Interpret Food Standards Agency guidance and Environmental Health inspection frameworks.
Draft food safety management plans for hotels, restaurant groups and food producers.
Train front-of-house and kitchen teams on compliance and safe practice.
Lead sustainability compliance across packaging, labelling and waste management.
Deliver an honours dissertation to academic and industry review standard.

Who This Course Is For

College-leavers targeting a food-safety or compliance career.
Working supervisors moving into HACCP, quality and audit leadership.
Career changers from environmental health, retail food or public health.
Applicants preparing for consultancy careers in food safety.
International applicants seeking a UK honours degree with placement built in.

Career Pathways

Food Safety Manager
HACCP Auditor
Compliance Manager (Hospitality / Food Business)
Quality Assurance Manager
Food Business Analyst (Compliance)
Catering Compliance Officer
Food Standards Consultant

The LSCAHM careers service opens interviews with hotel groups, restaurant chains, contract caterers, food producers and specialist food-safety consultancies across the UK, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year with named compliance recruiters.

Entry Requirements

A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
Two academic references and a personal statement describing your food-safety and compliance interests.
International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.

Why Study at LSCAHM

The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, so compliance students learn to protect standards without slowing down service, menus or event operations.

Central London places Michelin-starred kitchens, luxury hotel groups, UKHospitality and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let compliance-minded practitioners complete the BA without leaving employment.

Apply for BA in Food Safety and Compliance

Apply for the LSCAHM Bachelor's programme. Year-two industry placement is included, admissions responds within one working day, and named academic and placement supervision is confirmed at enrolment. Enrol Now