(PDF 239 kb) These checklists take you through the key steps in developing a good food safety culture in your food business (PDF 218 kb) This short questionnaire will help you do a quick 'health check' of your business’s food safety culture Step 1: Know - Food safety questionnaire.These resources are designed to help food businesses shape and improve their food safety culture. Read other examples on the Food safety culture in action page. Read more about their experience on the Dairy Food Safety Victoria website. It’s helped them gain a greater focus on people and behaviour to encourage improvement. Dairy RegTech combines data analytics and culture assessment to deliver a different way to monitor food safety compliance. Food handlers’ knowledge of good practices and what they do in their everyday work will determine whether food is safe.ĭownload the Step 3 resource (PDF 965 kb) Food safety culture in actionĭairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) has recently incorporated assessment of food safety culture into their operational framework. This can happen even when people have received training and the businesses are inspected and audited.įood businesses need to focus on their people as well as processes. We can link unsafe food to poor hygiene practices or mistakes by people handling food. Most recalls are due to contamination by disease-causing microorganisms, or allergens that were not declared on the label. Read more in this article on theĬentres for Diease Control and Prevention website.Ībout 80 food products are recalled each year. Unsafe food causes about 30,800 hospitalisations and 76 deaths. There are around 4.1 million cases of foodborne illness in Australia each year. Read more information on characteristics of a strong culture in our poster (PDF 85 kb). To learn more, watch our Introduction to food safety culture video. It starts at the top but needs everyone's support across the business. Food safety is your top priority.Ī strong food safety culture comes from people understanding the importance of making safe food and committing to doing whatever it takes, every time. It's about having pride in producing safe food every time, recognising that a good quality product must be safe to eat. Food safety culture in a food business is how everyone (owners, managers, employees) thinks and acts in their daily job to make sure the food they make or serve is safe.
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