Food safety
Allergen awareness
Free online Food Allergy Training courses are available from the National Allergy Council.
These courses have been designed to assist:
- food business owners and managers;
- cooks, chefs and caterers;
- food service attendants and front of house staff;
- other staff working in general food service.
Courses can be completed within one hour and help staff working in food businesses to:
- gain knowledge about food allergens;
- communicate with customers about their food allergy;
- read food labels to identify food allergens in products;
- recognise food preparation methods to minimise the risk of an allergic reaction.
A certificate is issued at the completion of the course.
Council newsletters for Ku-ring-gai food businesses
Newsletters for food businesses in Ku-ring-gai for information on the latest rules for your business, changes to NSW food legislation, Council inspections and other important food safety messages.
COVID-19 and food business
Keep yourself informed and up to date with the latest information about COVID-19 by visiting NSW government website.
Additionally, NSW Food Authority explains food safety aspects of COVID-19, how to protect your workers, how to deal with customers and staff that are ill and other workforce impacts.
The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect your business is through good personal hygiene and food safety practices. All food businesses should:
- Train all staff in how to wash their hands properly.
- Maintain a supply of soap and paper towel at all hand-wash basins.
- Ensure frequent hand washing during preparation and service of foods, after going to the bathroom, touching the face or hair and at any other times that hands may be a source of contamination.
- Maintain thorough cleaning and sanitising of facilities, equipment and transport vehicles.
- Clean and sanitise all food contact surfaces and equipment, as well as front counters, door handles, light switches and other high-touch areas that staff or customers may touch.
- Exclude any worker with a suspected communicable disease, such as coughing, sneezing, flu-like symptoms, gastrointestinal illness from the workplace. It is recommended that the health of all employees is reviewed on a daily basis and any workers showing these symptoms are sent home or advised not to come to work.
- Regularly clean public areas and surfaces particularly where people touch countertops, door handles of self-service refrigerators and freezers.
- Encourage the use of pay wave facilities rather than cash transactions.