by Andrew Thomson | Jan 11, 2020 | News
When preparing food for those affected by the recent bushfires there are preventable steps you can take to avoid a food safety incident. The four key steps in safe food handling: clean, separate, cook, and chill all food. Wash and dry your hands thoroughly with soap...
by Andrew Thomson | Sep 22, 2019 | News
Statistics alone don’t define the full extent of a food safety incident such as an outbreak of food poisoning. Outbreaks occur due to a systems breakdown. The effects are telling: it’s a financial burden on everyone, including the broader food industry; it causes much...
by Andrew Thomson | Aug 1, 2019 | News
Reproduced from Barfblog 1 August,2019. Because it’s not simple: it’s complex, constant, requires commitment and information must be compelling. Government, industry and academics continue to flog the food safety is simple line, despite outbreaks becoming increasingly...
by Andrew Thomson | Sep 25, 2018 | News
Acts of deliberate food contamination are not new in Australia. A significant contamination incident dating back to March 1996 related to the insertion of sewing needles in food. At the time there were seventeen reported incidents of food products being contaminated...
by Andrew Thomson | Apr 10, 2018 | News
In Australia, the introduction of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) based Food Safety Programs across the broader food service sector occurred over a decade ago. These programs were designed as paper-based data collection and record management systems. It...
by Andrew Thomson | Aug 16, 2017 | News
Giving the consumer a food safety voice was an important initiative announced by the former Victorian Health Minister, Rob Knowles AO, on behalf of the Victorian government back in 1997. This announcement was made at the A Fresh Approach to Food Hygiene Conference,...
