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Thank you very much to those who have responded on and off the list with links and information, this is appreciated.
I had checked the SA Legislation before posting, and thought it was mostly relevant to businesses selling food however on a much closer reading of the Act and Regulations the definition of sell included supplying food to patients in public institutions so that makes it clearer!
Interestingly, food handlers in SA are not required to have formal training qualifications but should demonstrate food safety and hygiene skills and knowledge.
These excellent links were also provided to me, which may be useful for other members on this list also:
Food Safety Laws & Legislation SA / NT / WA / TAS | AIFS
Food Safety Training Requirements for Health & Community | AIFS
Kind regards,
Cathi
Cathi Montague
Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention and Control
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia
Cathryn.montague@sa.gov.au
From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Ellis, Andrew (Health)
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 11:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Food handling safety requirements
Hi Cathi,
SA Health have a page on Food Safety obligations for businesses at the following link, which endorses the Victorian program as well as providing some other links about training and skills:
Regards,
Andrew Ellis
Sterilising and Reusable Medical Device Reprocessing State Coordinator
Infection Control Service | Communicable Disease Control Branch
Health Regulation & Protection
Department for Health and Wellbeing | Government of South Australia
Level 13 | 25 Grenfell Street | Adelaide SA 5000
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From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion <ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU> On Behalf Of Susan Wyatt
Sent: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 4:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] Food handling safety requirements
Hi Cathi,
I am not aware of any specific official requirements for education in the scenario you speak of, however it is always a good thing.
I note that you are in South Australia. The Victorian Government has a site that talks about food safety and gives access to some free education that may be of use.
The site specifies:
Food handlers refers to anyone who is involved in any activity that involves food or surfaces likely to come in contact with food, including those in:
* preparing such as chopping, cooking, thawing
* delivering and transporting
* packing
* serving
* cleaning tableware or equipment that comes in contact with food.
Food handlers need to have the skills and knowledge required to keep food safe for the jobs they carry out for your fundraiser. For example, a volunteer required to transport sausages to your barbeque will need particular skills and knowledge in food safety and food hygiene, such as the correct temperature to keep the meat at during transportation, how to test that the correct temperature is maintained, not to transport the meat in a dirty vehicle or with the family dog.
The site that I speak of can be found at the link below:
https://www.health.vic.gov.au/food-safety/food-handler-training
And the free Do Food Safely Course can be found at the following link:
https://dofoodsafely.health.vic.gov.au/index.php/en/
I hope this is of some assistance.
cheers
Susan Wyatt
Infection Prevention Consultant
SWIPE
Susan Wyatt Infection Prevention and Education.
Email: susanwyattic@gmail.com
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:28 PM Montague, Cathryn (Health) <Cathryn.Montague@sa.gov.au> wrote:
Good morning IPC knowledge community,
In the context of a non-hospital setting, do you know if there is any requirements for staff to undertake specific food safety training who are:
handling or distributing pre-packaged food for provision to patients / residents (not any food preparation)
stocking and storing foods for clients in e.g. bulk refrigerators / freezers for subsequent distribution to patients / residents
Thankyou,
Kind regards,
Cathi
Cathi Montague
Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention and Control
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia
Email: Cathryn.Montague@sa,gov.au
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