Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released a risk assessment showing that there may be a risk of contaminated food imported from the Japanese areas of Chiba, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo and Yamagata. As a result the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has begun testing food that previously identified levels

Fenthion is a chemical used in the fruit and vegetable industry to control fruit fly. This pest can make a crop unsaleable and therefore significantly impact on a farmer’s livelihood and that of the industry. Queensland has a statewide eradication program that has until now been in part funded by the Victorian government. The Australian

Foodservice Industry Australia held it’s annual awards recently. The Awards of Excellence were established in 2006. The highest award is the “LEGEND of the Foodservice Industry” and was awarded for the eighth time this year to recognise someone who has made a significant long term commitment to the industry. The following were the awards presented

The food safety in retail food businesses has vastly improved in New South Wales since 2008, with compliance to the Food safety Standards doubling in that time. Katrina Hodgkinson, the New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries said; “Businesses are making more of an effort to ensure their workplaces are clean and hygienic which is