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About Food Safety Matters

This is a collage of images including covers of the Student Guide, Teachers Manual, posters and various other Food Safety Matters documentsFood safety matters is a teaching and training resource on how to handle food safely in the home.

Contents

The resource pack comprises:

The contents are packaged in a colourful plastic storage box.

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Key messages

Food safety matters promotes key messages consistent with those promoted by the Food Safety Information Council. The key messages are:

  1. keep hands and nails clean
  2. keep the kitchen clean
  3. handle food safely
  4. cook high-risk foods thoroughly
  5. keep hot food hot and cold food cold. 

Target groups

The Beaudesert Shire Council Colouring Competition - This is an image of one of the entries 
Food safety matters was developed specifically for use with secondary school students studying home economics or hospitality. It is also suitable for TAFE students.

While the primary intention of the resource is to improve food safety in the home environment, many of the concepts are transferable to a commercial environment.

Selective use of components of the resource makes it suitable for training other groups. It has been used successfully with:

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Free resource packs (New Queensland secondary schools only)

Every secondary school in Australia and Australian members of the Home Economics Institute of Australia (HEIA) were sent a complimentary copy of Food safety matters in March 2003, courtesy of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Secondary schools in Queensland that opened after 2003 may receive one free copy of Food safety matters, subject to availability. Applicants should send a written request to foodsafety@health.qld.gov.au. The request should include the name and postal address of the school, the year the school opened, plus the name and telephone number of a contact person.

Sales

Copies of Food safety matters and its various components can be purchased from the Home Economics Institute of Australia. Print out an order form [PDF] or order form [Word].

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Development

Food safety matters (now in its second edition) was developed by Queensland Health in partnership with the Home Economics Institute of Australia and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. A technical advisory group including health professionals, science and technology specialists, curriculum officers, students and practicing teachers guided its development.

Copyright and disclaimer

Copyright protects the Food safety matters publication. Except for purposes permitted by the Copyright Act, reproduction by whatever means is prohibited without the written permission of Queensland Health. Generally, parts may be reproduced for study or teaching purposes, subject to acknowledgment of the source and provided it is not used commercially or offered for sale.

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Last Updated: 08 March 2006
Last Reviewed: 07 October 2008