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 at part of the premises stated in the licence to 200 or more people on 12 or more occasions in any 12 month period (e.g., convention centre)
- 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.
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.
Accreditation of a food safety program is a one-off process. Re-accreditation will only be required if the food safety program is amended to include a major process change.
