Have you ever taken a food handling course? You must wonder what the point is or what the “big deal” is if you work in the food industry. Many servers or wait staff employees question the validity of these courses because they feel that they are not in a position where improper food handling could occur. The truth is that anyone in the public sphere of food service is in a position to contaminate food – in more ways than one.

 A food safety supervisor NSW is a staff member that can be relied upon to monitor the rest of the staff to ensure and enforce that food safety procedures are followed at all times. A food safety supervisor does not have to be a member of the management team although it should be someone who is employed full time and at the business regularly to provide support. It is actually beneficial to have more than one safety supervisor and here are some good ways to determine your candidates.

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For some bar or restaurant owners and managers, their enthusiasm around obtaining a food handling certificate ends as soon as the certificate is received. It is easy for many people to get into study mode and really work hard to initially obtain the certificate, but sometimes, restaurant owners and managers find it difficult to be consistent in practicing in reinforcing what they learned.

Wow, now childcare centres must direct parents to provide a cupcake with candles for their child to blow out  on their birthday, so that germs are not spread onto a shared birthday cake.

After the  release of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines for childcare centres, Health Minister Tanya Pilbersek confirmed that  "official cupcake police won't stop kids blowing out candles at kindy"........

"We know that if children wash their hands and if the food is handled appropriately,  kids are

Details on how to obtain your Food Safety Supervisor NSW certification.

Taking proper food safety NSW training can prevent contamination, the spread of bacteria, and illness.

A blog discussing the benefits of training key staff to be a food safety supervisor.

A blog discussing common mistakes made by mishandling foods and how a food handling course can prevent them.

Food Safety Week this year is from 12th - 18th November and it focuses on cross contamination with the focus on hand washing, cleaning of all items involved in food preparation and storage, and separation of foods.

And to help celebrate, we are giving away a set of thermometers to be value of $70. For a chance to win, all you have to do is visit our facebook page,  like us, and tell us your food poisoning experience. We will announce the winner at the end of November on our Facebook page.