The following is a media release from the Food Safety Information Council for Global Handwashing Day. The Food Safety Information Council has launched two new hand washing posters for Global Handwashing Day 15 October 2016. Rachelle Williams, Council Chair, said that although there are 4.1 million cases of food poisoning in Australia each year these

So everywhere you look in a supermarket , or even in takeaways, now there are prebiotics or probiotics. So what are they? Ok, we all know about antibiotics right, they are chemicals which kill bacteria. We use them to stop us being sick and they are also used in the food of many feedlots and

With supermarket brand milk selling across the country at only $1 per litre as a customer magnet into the supermarkets, there has been a lot of  noise about farmers and how much they are being paid. As a result a new voluntary Code of Conduct has just been agreed to by the key players in

The following is included here with permission from the Food Safety Information Council – info@foodsafety.asn.au Food and Fridges Your food will remain safe in your refrigerator for 2 hours. If it has been more than 4 hours, throw the food out. Don’t open the fridge door during the power cut, unless necessary. The best option