[Susan Wyatt]

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.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:28 PM Montague, Cathryn (Health) wrote:

> Good morning IPC knowledge community,
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>
>
> 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
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> Thankyou,
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> Kind regards,
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> *Cathi*
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> *Cathi Montague*
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