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Flow Learning Compliance Update

We’re always reviewing our content to offer tips on industry best-practice and that it’s aligned with changes in legislation. So, we’ve identified some amends to our core content and we're premiering a new look and feel that is made to adhere to WCAG 2.1 AA standards in preparation for the EU Accessibility Act 2025.

Here’s a list of resources and the regional versions that will be updated:
  • How Safe Are You in Your Kitchen?: UK/EU, US
  • Sustainability in the Kitchen: UK, EU, US
  • Sustainability in Hotels: UK, EU, US
  • Health and Safety Level 2 EU: FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
  • Food Safety Level 2 EU: FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
  • Food Allergens EU: FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
How will it work?

We will be switching the courses in our core content library to the new versions on May 9th. This will be done globally so you won’t need to do anything in Mapal One.

Once we’ve done this, all new learners will automatically see the new updated version. Any learners marked as ”in progress” before the switch date will continue to see the older version of the course, unless their progress is reset.

Will this influence my compliance status?

No, both the current versions and the newly amended versions are in line with all current legislation. Our amends are more in line with best practice advice, and you can see them in the list below. If you’d like more information, please contact your Customer Care representative.

What if I have a scorm only or custom branded package?

If you have a scorm only or custom branded package that includes one of the listed core resources, your Customer Care representative will contact you directly with an individualised timeline for updating and switching your versions.

We’ll perform these updates automatically, but please inform your Customer Care representative if you don’t want them applied to your versions. Bear in mind that if you choose not to apply the updates the relevant endorsements may be affected.

Here’s a summary of the content amends:
Amended a number of best practice wording to adhere closely with the guidance

Resources: 

  • How Safe Are You In Your Kitchen? - UK/EU, US

Rationale:

  • Due to customer feedback and slight changes in best practice advice and regulation, we've updated a number of our best practice advice to adhere closely to the regulations and to adhere to the advice provided in our 'Health and Safety Level 2' resources based on region.
Additional guidance on The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025

Resources: 

  • Sustainability in the Kitchen - UK
  • Sustainability in Hotels - UK, EU

Rationale:

  • Added further guidance around separating waste and simpler recycling to align with the new government legislation: The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025.
  • The UK and EU versions of ‘Sustainability in Hotels’ has been separated to allow for the slight differences in legislation.
Here’s a summary of the accessibility amends:
Amended the look and feel to ensure colour contrast was within standards

Resources: 

  • How Safe Are You In Your Kitchen? - UK/EU, US
  • Sustainability in the Kitchen - UK, EU, US
  • Sustainability in Hotels - UK, EU, US
  • Health and Safety Level 2 EU - FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
  • Food Safety Level 2 EU - FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
  • Food Allergens EU - FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA

Rationale:

  • Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)
Prepared GIF items to be paused

Resources: 

  • How Safe Are You In Your Kitchen? - UK/EU, US
  • Sustainability in the Kitchen - UK, EU, US
  • Sustainability in Hotels - UK, EU, US
  • Health and Safety Level 2 EU - FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
  • Food Safety Level 2 EU - FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA
  • Food Allergens EU - FR, ES, PT, IT, DE, DU, DA

Rationale:

  • Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A)
Updated alt and aria labelling throughout

Resources: 

  • How Safe Are You In Your Kitchen? - UK/EU, US
  • Sustainability in the Kitchen - UK, EU, US
  • Sustainability in Hotels - UK, EU, US

Rationale:

  • Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)
Ensured all video transcripts were included in the transcript function, for ease of use of screenreaders and the language support tool

Resources: 

  • How Safe Are You In Your Kitchen? - UK/EU, US
  • Sustainability in the Kitchen - UK, EU, US
  • Sustainability in Hotels - UK, EU, US

Rationale:

  • Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)