More people than ever before are buying ready-to-eat food, fast food, and dining out in cafes and restaurants. This change has given people new choices in the food they eat - but it has also created new problems. One of these is the risk of bacterial food poisoning.

This pamphlet explains:

• What food poisoning is
• Why it happens
• What people who work with food can do to prevent it

Food poisoning is a serious health problem.
If food is not displayed or stored properly, bacteria can multiply to dangerous levels.

If this occurs, the result may be food poisoning

This pamphlet explains:

• How to prevent food poisoning.
• What 'High Risk Foods' are.
• The 'Temperature Danger Zone'.
• About cross-contamination.

Food poisoning is a serious health problem. As a person who handles food - whether you are a kitchen hand, a food process worker, a shop assistant or a sandwich hand - you have an important responsibility to handle food safely.

This pamphlet explains how, by preparing and handling food hygienically, you:

• Protect other people from getting sick.
• Protect your job.
• Protect your reputation in the food industry.
• Protect your business.

Food poisoning is a serious health problem in our community. Every person whose job involves handling food - whether a kitchen hand, a food process worker, a shop assistant or a sandwich hand - has an important responsibility to the public to prevent food poisoning.

This pamphlet explains how your personal hygiene can help prevent food from being contaminated with the bacteria which cause food poisoning, so that you:

• Protect other people from getting sick
• Protect your job and your reputation in the food industry
• Protect your business