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Issue Food 01 / 2011 Safety Wintalyka Training
New round of Food Safety
Training - coming to an area
near you soon...
We are pleased to announce that ADHC has funded a
new Food Safety Program for 2011 -2012.
We will be offering two new courses in this program - FOOD SAFETY SUPERVISOR and
FOOD SAFETY PLANNING FOR YOUR SERVICE. We will also be hosting another Food
Safety Conference, an Internal Auditor Course and releasing a new resource! Courses will
be held in many locations, so make sure you register early, see the program outline on the
opposite page. Details and registrations will be on our website very soon.
The Food Safety Program is open to all HACC services and is ideal for Meals on Wheels,
Day Centres and Centre Based meal providers.
Audit Time
If you have a feeling that your next food safety audit is due soon or that it was due some time
ago then it is time for you to take action. The NSW Food Authority do not send out letters
to remind you when your next audit is due. It is the responsibility of individual services to
schedule audits and to ensure that your service stays on top of the audit process. NSW Food
Authority know when your audits are due whilst they will not remind you when it is due they will
let you know when you are overdue!
Set a reminder in the calendar program of your email system to remind you at least a month
before your audit is due this way you will always be prepared. If your service is thinking about
using a 3rd party auditor, always double check the scheduled fee amount and whether travel
expenses are included or excluded. Whilst NSWMOWA is not endorsing the NSW Food
Authority auditors, fees are at a level now where they will only be increasing by CPI and
only LIVE audit time is invoiced, no travel or accommodation expenses are charged back to
services.
If your service is considering using a 3rd party auditor but they also wrote your Food Safety
Plan, it is up to the auditor to notify the NSW Food Authority and to inform them of any possible
conflict of interest. The NSW Food Authority will make a decision based on the information and
will advise if OK or not OK for the nominated 3rd party auditor to conduct the audit.
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