Safe Food Australia - A guide to the Food Safety Standards  

(November 2016)

• Standard 3.1.1 Interpretation and Application
• Standard 3.2.2 Food Safety Practices and General Requirements
• Standard 3.2.3 Food Premises and Equipment.

The guide is for government agencies who are responsible for enforcing the standards. Food businesses may also find it offers helpful information about the standards and food safety issues.

Third Edition, November 2016

You can download the complete guide for free [PDF 3.5mb].

• Status and context of the document [PDF 40kb]
• Contents [PDF 50kb]
• Introduction [PDF 40kb]
• Standard 3.1.1 Interpretation and Application [PDF 90kb]
• Standard 3.2.2 Food Safety Practices and General Requirements [PDF 500kb]
• Standard 3.2.3 Food Premises and Equipment [PDF 250kb]
• Appendix 1 - Potentially hazardous foods [PDF 60kb]
• Appendix 2 - The use of time as a control for potenially hazardous food [PDF 230kb]
• Appendix 3 - Limits for food processes [PDF 60kb]
• Appendix 4 - Foods requiring special care [PDF 90kb]
• Appendix 5 - Cooling of meats after cooking [PDF 40kb]
• Appendix 6 - Cleaning and sanitising surfaces and utensils [PDF 140kb]
• Appendix 7 - Pest management [PDF 40kb]
• Appendix 8 - Template examples [PDF 80kb]
• Appendix 9 - Temporary and mobile food premises [PDF 690kb]
• Appendix 10 - Home-based food businesses [PDF 70kb]
• Resources and References [PDF 140kb]

InfoBites for food businesses

We’ve also developed some short factsheets to help you understand the food safety standards, by topic. See our InfoBites.

Page last updated: 7 July 2020