A question that is often asked in food safety training is - ” so just what jewellery are we allowed to wear?”
There is no simple answer as it can really come down to a business decision.
The Food Standards Code (http://www.foodstandards.gov.au) requires that food business do whatever is reasonable to prevent contamination. Jewellery is obviously a …
A Product Recall is like a wicketkeeper in cricket - there to stop the ball (product) getting past the batsman (food safety controls in a business) and out to the public. Recalls are required for food safety issues, and may also be implemented for quality problems.
There are many food recalls in Australia each year, and …
Effective as of 13 September 2009, all flour used for making bread in Australia is to have Folic Acid added. Food businesses across Australia have been given two years to achieve this new requirement of the Food Standards Code.
Folic acid is a man made form of Folate, a B group Vitamin. Folic Acid is more …
So is it OK to use wooden cutting boards in a kitchen?
Wood is a natural substance, that has many small holes in it’s surface. Cutting boards made from wood will also contain these holes, which can be a contamination source in a food business.
Small amounts of food can get into these holes, and then bacteria …
You walk into a café at lunchtime and order a chicken and salad wrap to be freshly made from the cold display. You notice that the staff member making the wrap doesn’t wear gloves. That’s against the law right???
Gloves are certainly expected by the public as they are seen to keep hands away from food, …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA has attributed more than 500 food poisoning cases across at least 43 states, to a type of Salmonella in peanut butter and paste made by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) plant in Virginia.
The first cases appeared at the beginning of September, with the majority then …