Attention all Food Manufacturers, Processors and Retailers, Don’t Risk the Severe Penalties of Legal Non-Compliance
Finally...A Quick and Easy External Food Safety Audit to Make Sure Your Company is Legally Compliant
From the 20th of December 2002 the Australian Food Safety Standards Code has been in effect, and strict penalties apply for breaches of the mandatory principles of the code.
If you are found to be in breach of the code due to handling or sale of ‘unsafe food’ then the penalties are severe.
The different states of Australia have different penalties for breaches of the code. However, just to give you a sense of the ramifications of any breach:
- As an individual you can be fined up to $75,000 and as a corporation you can be fined $375,000.
- If it can be shown you knew that food was unsafe you can be fined $100,000 as an individual and $500,000 for a corporation – and face up to 2 years in prison.
And not only that the above penalties are based on handling food intended for sale as well as selling the food. Therefore if you are involved with a manufacturing or food processing business you can still face these penalties.
However you can relax. We have got a Food Safety External Auditing Program to make sure your company is legally compliant with existing standards.
In the audit we look at what you are doing now and compare it to the criteria set by the Acts and Standards regulating this area. You will gain unbiased expert advice about whether or not you are presently complying with legal standards and you will get simple easy steps to ‘close the gap’ so that you are 100% legally compliant so that you are 100% legally compliant.
This will mean that you can ‘rest easy’ and know that you will not be liable to the strict penalties that regulate this area, or even worse, have a food safety incident.
As part of preparing for the Audit we will train your staff in correct food safety hygiene, and work in conjunction with your food safety supervisor to make sure you are fully compliant and give you any corrective tasks to fulfil.
"Gavin was able to help us satisfy all necessary criteria, even when the odds were against us. Six weeks after opening, Meal Magic was recognised as a 5 star, award-winning food service and shop – a standard that we have maintained -thanks to Gavin’s assistance."
- Debra Jacobs, Meal Magic CEO
Your Next Best Step
Contact me straight away to organise your company’s external food safety audit so that your company is legally compliant and you can rest easy.