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AAQ Safe Food Program |
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Up-date by Andrew Bray |
Today, most people know very little about the production or source of the food they eat. They are increasingly skeptical about the integrity of their food supply. Reports of food poisoning, pesticide residues, polluted waterways and animal welfare issues all fuel the growing negative attitudes towards food supply and emphasize the increasing risk in the production of safe food. These perceptions and hazards have led to greater scrutiny of food systems and the regulations to ensure safety in production, packaging, transport and distribution.
As a direct result of these increasing community concerns and growing regulatory requirements, the AAQ, along with Safe food Queensland has taken steps to ensure its members become safe, quality food providers.
Andrew Bray, AAQ’s food safety officer, will run through what steps have been taken over the past 12 months, the tests that have been carried out and the results that came from those tests. He will also look ahead to where the AAQ wants the Food safety program to be, the benefits it will give to the members involved in the program and the costs associated with continued testing and auditing.
