What are the food safety requirements?

Food businesses must meet the Food Safety Standards as set out by FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

The Food Safety Standard - Food handling skills & knowledge describes the requirement for food businesses as:

• Skill: Your staff and their supervisors must be able to do their work in ways that ensure that your business produces safe food.
  
  
• Knowledge: Your staff and their supervisors must know about issues associated with food safety and safe food handling practices that are relevant to your business and the jobs they do for you.

How does the RTS Food Handler Basics help me meet this requirement?

The RTS Food Handler Basics training program covers the many aspects of food safety that are required to give a food handler relevant and practical skills and knowledge to meet food safety standards in the workplace.

Note: ANZFA is now known as FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand)

State Regulations

FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) works in partnership with Australia' s Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and the New Zealand Government. A summary of the legislation status of each State and Territory can be found in this FSANZ publication. The links below provide information on food regulations applied to each State and Territory in Australia. New South Wales (NSW) Victoria (Vic.) South Australia (SA) Western Australia (WA) Northern Territory (NT) Queensland (Qld.) Tasmania (Tas.) Australian Capital Territory (ACT)