Food Safety

Every year around two million Australians are affected by foodborne illnesses or food poisoning.

Here you'll find practical information ranging from how to prepare, store and reheat certain foods, to an explanation of Australian food labelling standards. There's also information on specific Food Safety topics, such as food irradiation, and listeria and salmonella infections.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand has a range of fact sheets on Food Safety issues.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:	Bottle feeding - cleaning and sterilising bottles and equipment
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	If your baby is not breastfeeding, the only other safe milks to give to a baby are infant formulas. Formulas are modified milks that are made to be as close as possible to breastmilk, but there are still a lot of extras in breastmilk that cannot be put into formulas.
Date:	Oct 2011

Title:	Food safety
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Many of the infectious diseases that can make people very ill can be prevented by taking care with handling food and with hand washing, especially if someone in the family is sick.
Date:	Oct 2011

Title:	Stay safe in the kitchen (easy read)
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	The kitchen is a great place for kids. BUT it can be dangerous. You could get into trouble.
Date:	Sep 2011

Title:	Traveller's diarrhoea
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Diarrhoea affects many people who travel away from home. This causes frequent watery stools. Traveller's diarrhoea is usually a self-limiting condition that clears up after a few days. Generally, it is caused by eating contaminated food or water. High-risk foods to avoid include raw fruits and vegetables, raw, rare or undercooked meats of any kind, seafood, dairy foods, food from street vendors and food from buffets.
Date:	Aug 2011

Title:	Mercury in fish
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Mercury is often found in fish. Developing fetuses and young children are more vulnerable to the effects of mercury, which may cause developmental delays. Pregnant women are advised to be selective about the type and amount of fish they eat during pregnancy. Fish that contain higher levels of mercury include shark (flake), ray, swordfish, barramundi, gemfish, orange roughy, ling and southern bluefin tuna.
Date:	Jul 2011

Title:	Botulism
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal condition that causes progressive weakness. It is caused by toxins made by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. The bacterium can be found in soil, sediments, raw foods (including seafoods) and honey.
Date:	Jun 2011

Title:	Food poisoning
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	There are germs all around us. Most of them are not harmful to us and many of them are good for us. Sometimes there can be germs in food which can make us very ill.
Date:	Jun 2011

Title:	Mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand: baseline report for monitoring
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This report presents key baseline data for monitoring mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand. Data are presented for each component of the fortification monitoring frameworks as follows: food composition; folic acid and iodine intake; folic acid and iodine status of the populations; and health outcomes.
Date:	May 2011

Title:	Travel vaccinations
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Australians travelling overseas, especially to developing countries, need to be vaccinated against a range of diseases. Illnesses may be caused by contaminated food or water, poor personal hygiene or infected insects. The National Health and Medical Research Council recommends all travellers be vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), varicella (chicken pox), measles, mumps, rubella and polio.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Breast milk - expressing
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Feeding with expressed breast milk is common and safe if done properly. Breast milk can be expressed by hand, or with a manual or electric breast pump. It is important to collect and store breast milk correctly to prevent the risk of bacterial growth.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a rare condition, which can be caused by toxic strains of E.coli bacteria. HUS causes acute renal impairment and can lead to chronic kidney damage or death from kidney failure. Children under five years of age are at greatest risk of developing HUS.
Date:	Mar 2011

Title:	Fish for young children
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Eating fish is good for the health of infants and young children in several ways, including building a strong heart and nervous system.
Date:	Mar 2011

Title:	E coli
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Ecoli 015:H7 is a bacterium (germ) which can produce severe diarrhoea, and occasionally kidney problems. It is usually passed on to people by food which has the germ in it.
Date:	Mar 2011

Title:	Toxoplasmosis
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Toxoplasmosis is rarely a serious illness in healthy people but it can cause problems for an unborn baby if it is caught by the baby's mother during pregnancy.
Date:	Mar 2011

Title:	10 tips for summer food safety
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	10 tips for summer food safety
Date:	Feb 2011

Title:	Food - 'use-by' and 'best before' dates
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Most packaged foods have a 'use-by' or 'best before' date stamped on the box, wrapper or bottle. This date gives you an idea of how long the food will last before it loses quality. Foods that should not be consumed after a certain date for health and safety reasons, such as a ready-to-eat chilled lasagne, must have a 'use-by' date. Foods still need to be properly stored to remain fresh and safe.
Date:	Jan 2011

Title:	Water tanks and dams - safety tips
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	The highest quality water available should be used for drinking. Rainwater tanks are often the safest source but there are contamination risks that can cause severe gastric illnesses. After a bushfire, flood or other extreme weather event, drinking water may be contaminated. Analysts can assess your water to ensure it is safe to drink.
Date:	Jan 2011

Title:	Foodborne disease in Australia Annual reports of the OzFoodNet network
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	OzFoodNet conducts surveillance on foodborne disease to investigate, describe and understand foodborne disease at the national level to provide better evidence of how to prevent foodborne illness. This page contains links to OzFoodNet annual reports from 2001. Documents are available in both HTML and PDF format.
Date:	Dec 2010

Title:	Travellers' diarrhoea - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Contaminated food and drink are the major sources of stomach or intestinal illness while travelling.
Date:	Dec 2010

Title:	Fishing - eat your catch with care
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	People who fish in the Lower Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers need to be careful about eating their catch. Chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can build up in fish. Some fish can also have high levels of mercury. The risks of eating your catch can be reduced if you make sensible choices about the type and amount of fish you eat. The use of lead sinkers when fishing can also pose a health risk.
Date:	Aug 2011

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