Food Safety Consulting Services

Food Safety Inspections, Audits, Programs and Solutions

Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances, causes more than 200 diseases – ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. An estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year, resulting in the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs).

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Food safety standards require Australian food businesses to produce food that is safe and suitable for consumption. This applies to any business or activity that involves the handling of any type of food for sale, or the sale of food in Australia. Food businesses must ensure that all food handlers have the skills, knowledge, and understanding of food safety and hygiene in order to handle food safely. All food businesses, whether operating from a new or existing premises, a vehicle, market stall, or domestic premises, must comply with Food Safety Standard 3.2.3 – Food premises and equipment.

That’s why your business needs a Food Safety Program, which is a documented system that clearly lays out food handling procedures, identifies potential food safety hazards, and details the business’ response to those hazards should they occur. An appropriate and well implemented Food Safety Program can help a food business:

• Ensure food for sale is safe.
• Manage operations better through improved record keeping and cost controls.
• Demonstrate that all due diligence was exercised in the preparation and sale of food.

SCG food safety experts include former government inspectors and are registered food safety auditors. The team has demonstrable experience auditing and managing food safety programs in remote and challenging locations, including oil and gas projects, developing nations, and post-conflict zones. Let us support your organisations food safety requirements, enabling assurance for the safety of food served to your customers and clients.