Food handling & safety

High levels of both food borne illness and increasing numbers of consumer complaints within the food service industry have prompted the introduction of new legislation from the NSW Food Authority.

The new legislation requires certain food businesses to have at least one trained food safety supervisor per food premises (not per business).

The food safety supervisor requirement will initially apply to businesses serving food that is:

Ready to eat
Potentially hazardous
Not sold and serviced in its package.

Examples of businesses included in the introduction of the legislation are:

Restaurants
Cafe
Takeaway shops
Caterers
Bakeries
Pubs
Clubs
Hotels
Supermarket hot food sales.

Food businesses that do not fall within the above parameters will commence at a later date.

Each appointed food safety supervisor will need to receive training in nationally recognised units of competency and hold a food safety supervisor certificate.