Accreditation of a food safety program - Banana Shire Council - Queensland

Description

You will need this accreditation if your:

  • food business involves off-site catering
  • primary business activity is on-site catering
  • primary business activity is on-site catering on part of the premises to 200 or more people on 12 or more occasions in any 12-month period
  • food business is part of the operations of a private hospital or otherwise processes or serves potentially hazardous food to six or more vulnerable people (for example, aged-care or child care facility).

A food safety program is a documented system that identifies the food safety hazards in the handling of food in a food business and details the way the hazards will be controlled in that business.

An appropriate and well implemented food safety program can help a food business:

  • ensure food for sale is safe
  • manage their operations better through improved record keeping and cost control
  • demonstrate that all due diligence was exercised in the preparation and sale of food.

Once your food safety program has been accredited by the council or local authority, you need to comply with the processes outlined in your program.

A person who is not required to have an accredited food safety program may choose to apply for accreditation.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

Please contact the council or local authority to identify any eligibility requirements.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

You are required to:

  • keep a copy of the accredited food safety program at the premises of the food business - this should be kept available for inspection by employees in the food business
  • organise your first compliance audit within six months of the food safety program being accredited - the audit must be conducted by an auditor approved under the Act
  • organise regular audits at the frequency specified by the council or local authority that accredited the food safety program.

Duration

As specified

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $240.00

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Inspection All $172.50

Additional inspection fee. Fees for 2024-25

Vary Variation All $240.00

Fees for 2024-25

Forms

Approval time

Within 30 days (unless further information is required)

Administering agency

Banana Shire Council

Contact details

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