Food safety laws are changing - Introducing Food Safety Standard 3.2.2A
From 8 December 2023, new food safety laws will affect food service, caterers and retail businesses that sell potentially hazardous foods. Food service means a food business that processes and serves ready-to-eat food directly to a customer to eat at the food premises or somewhere else.
View a short video explaining the changes.
What is a category 2 food business?
A Category 2 food business offers ready to eat potentially hazardous food for retail sale. The food is not processed by the business, except to slice, weigh, repackage, re-heat or to hot hold.
The following food businesses are commonly Category 2 businesses:
- delicatessens
- market stalls
- supermarkets with delicatessens
- service stations
- convenience stores
Can I check my food business category?
The food business classification tool is a quick and easy way to check your business’s classification.
If we have already given your business a food business classification and you believe it is incorrect, please let us know by calling 3412 3412 or by sending an email to council@logan.qld.gov.au.
How do the changes affect me?
From December 8, 2023, the following changes apply to Category 2 food businesses:
Each business must have a trained food safety supervisor that can produce a certificate issued from a registered training organisation that contains the national competencies appropriate for their food sector.
All food handlers need to produce a food safety training course certificate or be able to demonstrate their food handling skills and knowledge.
How do I comply with the new rules?
Food safety supervisor
Each Category 2 food business must have a qualified food safety supervisor. View more information on food safety supervisors.
What training must my food handlers complete?
Every food handler within the business must be able to either:
- Produce a training certificate that covers:
- safe handling of food
- food contamination
- cleaning and sanitising of premises and equipment and
- personal hygiene.
Or
- Be able to demonstrate skills and knowledge of food safety and hygiene matters.
For a video on food safety training requirements, please refer to Food safety management - Training and supervisors.
View food safety training for more information on how to access free food safety training. The free food safety training is only suitable for food handlers and does not satisfy training requirements for the nominated food safety supervisor.
For more information, please visit Queensland Health.
More Information
Phone 3412 3412
council@logan.qld.gov.au