Food safety training

Food businesses need to ensure staff have the skills and knowledge to handle food safely.

Before handling food or working with surfaces that come in contact with food, employees must either:

  • complete a food safety training course; or
  • display skills and knowledge of food safety and hygiene appropriate to their work activities.

Find out more about food handlers.

Food safety training courses

Training courses must cover:

  • safe handling of food
  • food contamination
  • cleaning and sanitising of food premises and equipment
  • personal hygiene.

Free training courses that cover these topics include:

Food handlers will receive a certificate upon completion of the course. The certificate is evidence of meeting the food handler training requirements.

Training for food safety supervisors

This training is not suitable for food safety supervisors. They must complete the relevant competencies with a registered training organisation.

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