Food Quality and Food Safety form an integral part of any food industry program. Good food hygiene is an essential component in ensuring that the food you serve is safe to eat. It protects the reputation of your business and will help in preventing a potential food poisoning outbreak. Food Safety Australia delivers quality online food safety training, and as a Registered Training Organization (RTO) our firm is one of Australia's leading food training companies that is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of both consumers and businesses alike. Our website and our courses have been developed to provide you with comprehensive food safety information. We offer quality training and services for the food industry that include the Food Safety Supervisor and Safe Food Handling certification courses. The Food Safety Supervisor course has been created to meet Australian legal requirements and provide a comprehensive understanding of Food Safety in ... [more..]

Since moving to a raw food diet I have been asked by friends and family whether you can cook food on a raw food diet. What they mean of course is do you allow yourself any cooked food or is everything you eat completely raw. Going round for dinner could be a nightmare explaining what I can and cannot eat. It wouldn't take long to become "Mr Weird Foodie" with no friends. While some people do eat completely raw food as raw foodists I will eat cooked food. In fact I still enjoy cooked food although I do limit this type of food for the reasons I explain below. Behind this question is a serious point about cooking temperatures and enzymes which I will try to explain. Raw foods, when cooked, start to change and breakdown. When they break down the enzymes change their structure and make it much harder for you ... [more..]

The term " food safety" has increasingly been used as a replacement for the phrase " food hygiene" and encompasses a whole range of issues that must be addressed if prepared food is to be safe to eat. Food safety therefore includes such matters as the temperature control of food through storage, preparation and service, the avoidance of cross-contamination, cleanliness of food handlers, equipment and food premises, and pest control etc. etc. etc. The old term " food hygiene" probably put too much emphasis on cleanliness. That is not to say that cleanliness is not important in a food business, it obviously is, but food safety requires much more than a clean premises. Many outbreaks of food-borne disease were caused by clean food businesses. The infamous E. coli O157 outbreak that occurred in Central Scotland in 1996 and resulted in the deaths of 19, was traced back to the butcher's ... [more..]