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City of MarionThe City of Marion held an outdoor “Community Education Event” sausage sizzle at the O’Halloran Hill TAFE/Community Centre as part of Food Safety Week. This event enabled the City of Marion to work in partnership witha local educational facility and helped to educate a wide cross-section of the community through the diverse rangeof students at the local TAFE campus.During the sausage sizzle Environmental Health Officers demonstrated safe food handling and storage in an outdoorenvironment and supplied educational information in the form of pamphlets and brochures.Two Environmental Health Officers visited Seaview Downs Primary School and gave a demonstration on correcthand washing procedures to the staff and students. This was carried out because of a request from the school.The presentation was well received and the students enjoyed the hand washing activity using the Glitter Bug Potion.District Council of Mount BarkerFree food safety information sessions were held for commercial businesses and volunteer food handlers. Conductingregular food safety training has proven to be beneficial in increasing the skills and knowledge of food handlers withinthe district. Presentations included information on the responsibilities of food handlers and businesses and showingthe Bug Busters DVD.The Council’s joint project with a Flinders University third year student continued and was finalised at the end of2009. The project aimed to determine the cleaning and sanitising practices of commercial food businesses in thearea. Several improvements to cleaning and sanitising practices have resulted from the project and there is a greaterawareness among food businesses of the requirements of cleaning and sanitising under the Food Safety Standards.Mount Gambier City CouncilThe City of Mount Gambier’s partnership with TAFE SA was a success, resulting in the provision of food safety trainingacross the region. The Council’s EHOs attend the training sessions to provide advice and to foster relationships withthe proprietors and staff of food businesses.The Council believes this is an important step towards positively encouraging compliance and breaking down thebarriers between the EHOs and the proprietors/staff of food businesses. The successful partnership will continue intothe new financial year, which will also see neighbouring Councils joining the partnership.Rural City of Murray BridgeThe Rural City of Murray Bridge continues to be proactive with food safety education and facilitated two TAFEaccredited food safety training courses for food handlers throughout 2009–2010. The three-hour accredited courseintroduces basic food science knowledge and covers the food safety responsibilities of food businesses and foodhandlers under the Food Safety Standards.Participants undertake a short exam at the end of the session to receive their accreditation. The course continuesto be very well attended with a total of 57 people completing the training during 2009–2010. Further sessions areplanned for 2010–2011.City of OnkaparingaFood SamplingThe council carried out sampling on a monthly basis during the reporting period based on seasonal risks and generalhigh-risk foods. Results are used as an educational and monitoring tool to provide indicators of compliance with theFood Safety Standards. A total of 21 food samples were analysed, of which eight reported unsatisfactory results.Further investigation, education and sampling was conducted at the food premises involved to improve food hygienesafety and handling.Food Safety information sessionsThere was a total of 27 food safety presentations conducted in the financial year (670 attendees in total). Theinformation sessions were conducted for with school students, food businesses and community groups. Thesepresentations were designed to introduce food legislation, safe food practices and personal hygiene. The presentationalso included viewing of the Bug Busters DVD and a practical hand-wash activity. Students and food handlers wereable to ask questions in order to increase their skills and knowledge in food safety.Food Act Report Year ending 30 June 2010 page 32
District Council Orroroo and CarrietonA water security and safety advice program continues to be implemented as part of routine food inspections.The program aims to give advice to those businesses that do not have access to safe, regulated water qualityprovisions such as SA Water services. It is anticipated that future changes in drinking water regulations will addresssome of these water security issues. Discussions regarding water security involve industries where realistic riskreduction measures may be implemented, such as food producers that rely on untreated rain/bore watercollection services.City of PlayfordThe City of Playford’s Environmental Health Department decided to promote Food Safety Week by creating displays atthe following locations: Elizabeth Library, Grenville Centre, John McVeity Centre and the Peachey Trailer (including theuse of the Peachey Voice Radio Station to communicate the message). The displays included posters, brochures, foodsafety information and other useful resources. Bright colours and props (such as eskies, tongs, frying pans, utensils,cling wrap ice bricks etc) were used to attract members of the community to the displays.Information on temperature control, hygienic practices and general food safety tips was published on the Intranetfor all staff to see.This financial year the Council has offered free-of-charge, online food safety training (known as I’m alert) to itsfood businesses via its website. Since offering the food safety training, the council has had 489 people successfullycomplete it. This is a positive step towards improving the skills of food businesses. As a result, food handlers havegained necessary skills and knowledge to handle food in a safe and hygienic manner.City of Port LincolnA display was set up in the Port Lincoln public library during Food Safety Week. The display covered all aspects offood handling, from the initial purchase through to service. A refrigerator, shopping trolley and food models weresome of the items on display.A bi-monthly newsletter is distributed by email to registered food businesses in the Port Lincoln area and containslocal issues, regulatory advice and newsworthy stories.City of SalisburyThe City of Salisbury’s Food Safety Rating Program aims to assist and encourage businesses to meet not only theminimum food safety standards, but to encourage the implementation of food safety management systems to ensurebest practice food hygiene and safety.High standards of food hygiene and safety in conjunction with ongoing compliance of the Food Safety Standardscontinue to be key objectives for regulators, businesses and consumers. A number of overseas authorities, includingthe Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom, have developed an innovative approach to the food inspectionprocess called Scores on Doors.The City of Salisbury has undertaken a similar program that adapts the concepts of Score on Doors, which has beennamed, City of Salisbury Food Safety Rating Program – Recognising Excellence in Food Safety.The Food Safety Rating Program aims to deliver on a number of key outcomes in food safety and hygiene for businessproprietors, consumers and regulators. The benefits and incentives of the scheme are as follows:• Provide recognition of and reward food businesses for a high level of compliance with the food safety standards.• Encourage businesses to implement non-compulsory food safety management systems to promote self-regulationand best practice food safety and hygiene.• Enable consumers to have a greater awareness of the commitment food businesses have to food hygiene andcreate consumer confidence.• Ensure food businesses have better outcomes and a greater awareness in food safety and hygiene.The program development involved consultation with a targeted pilot group of food businesses to assist and testthe new inspection format scoring procedures and policies. The City of Salisbury identified 41 hotels, cafes andrestaurants as the initial target group to trial the program and seek feedback. It is envisaged that following the pilotperiod, the program would be incorporated with all other high and medium risk businesses, including bakeries,takeaways, delis and supermarkets, which are the majority of food businesses in the City of Salisbury.page 33Food Act Report Year ending 30 June 2010
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