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Food Safety

Food safety law reform in Victoria

The Food Amendment (Regulation Reform) Bill 2009 has been introduced into Parliament. It proposes changes to the Food Act 1984 to give Victoria a better system for regulating the safety of food sold for human consumption. The amendments are intended to reduce the compliance costs for businesses (including community groups that sell food) by allowing regulation to be better matched to the level of food safety risk.

More information on this topic is available at: Food safety law reform in Victoria.

Health alert:

Food Safety and emergency power failure

What do I need to keep food safe?
The most important thing is to try to keep cold and frozen food cold.

For more information on this issue please see the following document:
pdf Emergency power failure food storage checklist (25kb, pdf)

Food Safety information

The Food Safety site provides information and tools that will help you keep food safe.

For businesses
Starting a food business, keeping food safe, donating food & doggy bags, Food Safety Program Templates, auditing food businesses and skills and knowledge.

For the community
Food poisoning, keeping food safe at home and when shopping.

Research
Includes research on food safety supervisor requirements, toxins & allergies, microbiological, consumer, food business, and workforce issues.

In your language
Selected food safety information is also available in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Assyrian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

 
 
Last updated: 10 June, 2009
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