Know Your Food Business

Food safety practices and general requirements

Food safety supervisors
Under the Food Act 2006, every licensable food business in Queensland is required to have a food safety supervisor. New food businesses licensed after 22 February 2008 are required to notify their Local Government within 30 days of the issue of their licence. There are penalties for not having a food safety supervisor. The food safety supervisor must have undertaken specifi ed competency unit/s with a Registered Training Organisation to operate as a food safety supervisor for a food business. See the food industry fact sheet 18 ‘Food Safety Supervisor’ and fact sheet 19 ‘Food Safety Supervisor Update for further information. These can be accessed from www.health.qld.gov.au/foodsafety.

1. Does your food business have a nominated food safety supervisor?
2. Has your food safety supervisor undertaken the specified competency unit/s for the food sector in which the food business operates?
3. Have you notifi ed your Local Government of the name and contact details of the nominated food safety supervisor?

Note: you must advise the Local Government within 14 days of a change in the contact details of the food safety supervisor.

Food handling – skills and knowledge Food Safety Standard 3.2.2 (clause 3)
While food handlers are not required to undertake formal training courses, under Food Safety Standard 3.2.2, food handlers must have the skills and knowledge related to food safety and food hygiene related to the tasks they undertake at the food business.

1. Do you raise funds solely for community or charitable causes and not for personal fi nancial gain?
2. Do you handle food which is not potentially hazardous (see table below) or food which is consumed immediately after cooking? (eg. sausage sizzle)?
   If you answered yes to Question, you should refer to the 1 and Question 2, you are exempt from the skills and knowledge requirement. The Queensland Health publication Food Safety for Fundraising Events may also be a helpful food safety resource. See Appendix 1 for more details.

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