After extended closures to the public due to COVID-19, food businesses have finally been given the green light to offer dine-in services in most Australian states and territories. This is good news for food businesses such as restaurants and pubs, which have had to close their physical premises...

An email was sent out to all food businesses across the state by the NSW Food Authority. This email was to inform food businesses of their newly released guidelines on how navigate the COVID-19 crisis. The guidelines discuss the food safety effects from COVID-19, workforce impacts of the pandemic...

Since December 2019, a novel (new) coronavirus has spread and has been reported in 60 countries worldwide. It was first reported in Wuhan City, China, which has seen the highest number of infected people and deaths from the virus. Currently, the amount of cases in Australia is low, and the most...

A study was conducted by researchers at Flinders University on minced lamb from a supermarket in South Australia. In the study, 79 samples of 500g lamb mince packages were purchased three times per week for six months, between April and September 2017. The result was the discovery of Toxoplasma...

Epicurean Dairy Limited, which makes dairy products under "The Collective" brand, and its former directors have been fined $483,000 NZD for repeatedly failing to report positive Listeria results taken from the company's factory in Avondale. Epicurean Dairy Limited, whose products include yoghurt,...

Salmonella Hessarek, South Australia The Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) journal — a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Department of Health — has released a report on the rare Salmonella serotype that caused an outbreak in Australia from 2017 to 2018. The report, authored...

In February, 2019, an outbreak of salmonellosis in South Australia was linked to three Angkor Bakery stores in northern Adelaide. Following an investigation by SA Health, raw egg butter was determined to be the source of the outbreak. By the end of the outbreak, 58 people had fallen ill and at...

The investigation into the outbreak that gave nearly 40 people acute food poisoning at an official Anzac Day president’s lunch has concluded — and the most likely culprit may surprise you. Speculation following the event pointed the finger at the duck and rabbit terrine that was served at the...

Despite having a strong food safety management system in place, food-borne illness continues to be a problem in Australia. Food poisoning affects an estimated 4.1 million Australians each year. In April 2017, the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum)...

A Queensland native recently took to Facebook to share his “upsetting experience” after eating a raw chicken burger from a McDonald’s in Upper Coomera, Queensland. Joseph Kim had eaten half of the burger by the time he realised something was wrong. “I didn’t taste anything at first but I felt...