Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 3.2.2 - Food Safety Practices and General Requirements (Australia Only)
This Standard sets out specific requirements for food businesses and food handlers that, if complied with, will ensure food does not become unsafe or unsuitable.
This Standard specifies process control requirements to be satisfied at each step of the food handling process. Some requirements relate to the receipt, storage, processing, display, packaging, distribution disposal and recall of food. Other requirements relate to the skills and knowledge of food handlers and their supervisors, the health and hygiene of food handlers, and the cleaning, sanitising, and maintenance of premises and equipment.
Contents
Division 1 – Interpretation and application
1 Interpretation
2 Application of this Standard
Division 2 – General requirements
3 Food handling – skills and knowledge
4 Notification
Division 3 – Food handling controls
5 Food receipt
6 Food storage
7 Food processing
8 Food display
9 Food packaging
10 Food transportation
11 Food disposal
12 Food recall
Division 4 – Health and hygiene requirements
Subdivision 1 –Requirements for food handlers
13 General requirement
14 Health of food handlers
15 Hygiene of food handlers
Subdivision 2 – Requirements for food businesses
16 Health of persons who handle food – duties of food businesses
17 Hygiene of food handlers – duties of food businesses
18 General duties of food businesses
Division 5 – Cleaning, sanitising and maintenance
19 Cleanliness
20 Cleaning and sanitising of specific equipment
21 Maintenance
Division 6 – Miscellaneous
22 Temperature measuring devices
23 Single use items
24 Animals and pests
25 Alternative methods of compliance
Standard 3.2.2 Food Standards as amended, taking into account amendments up to Food Standards (Proposal P1021 - Code Maintenance X) Variation
Administered by: Health and Ageing
Prepared 11 Oct 2012 by Agency
Date
Prepared 11 Oct 2012
Registered 25 Oct 2012
Start Date 11 Oct 2012
