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Food safety for convenors and volunteers

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

 

The Looking After Our Kids is a video and handbook resource for school tuckshop convenors, volunteers,  parent bodies and principals to help them understand and comply with the Food Safety Standards. A free copy was sent to every school tuckshop in Australia in 2002. For additional copies (subject to availability) contact the Food Safety and Surveillance Section, on (02) 6289 5131 or email: foodsafety@health.gov.au


Please note copies of this resource are still available however only as a video cassette. Feb 2010

 

Food safety supervisor guidelines

Food safety supervisor fact sheet

Food safety supervisor fact sheet update

Queensland Health

Information on becoming a food safety supervisor as required by the Food Act 2006. 

 

Queensland Health Environmental Health Contact Information

 

Bundaberg      4150 2780

Brisbane North      3624 1111

Brisbane South      3000 9148

Cairns      4050 3600

Charleville      4656 8100

Gold Coast      5509 7222

Hervey Bay      4120 6000

Ipswich      3810 1500

 

Logan      3412 2989

Longreach      4658 0859

Mackay      4968 6611

Mount Isa      4744 4846

Redcliffe      3142 1800

Rockhampton      4920 6989

Sunshine Coast      5409 6600

Toowoomba      4631 9888

Townsville      4795 0001

 

Tool for developing a food safety program

Queensland Health

Designed for catering and retail premises, yet suitable for tuckshops to plan and develop their own food safety program. 

 

Food safety program template

A template for documenting your own food safety program.  Use this in conjunction with the developing tool above.

 

Templates for food safety program records

Queensland Health

Templates of records used in a food safety program to assist with monitoring food safety procedures and hazards.  These templates are able to customised.

 

Cleaning and sanitising fact sheet

Queensland Health

Includes a planning guide and cleaning and sanitising schedules

 

Food safety in non-profit organisations

Queensland Health

Non-profit organisations have a number of exemptions under the Food Act 2006. This guideline is intended to provide clarification to non-profit organisations supplying food as a fundraising activity.

 

Food safety for fundraising events

Queensland Health

A pocket book guide to assist charities and community organisations meet their legal obligations under Queensland food safety laws.

 

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