Australia, it is a legal requirement that all food handlers must be trained in food safety.Food Safety Standard 3.2.2.A Food Safety Practices and General Requirements says that food businesses must make sure that food handlers and people who supervise food handlers have skills and knowledge in food safety and food hygiene for the work they do.

Food handlers are those of your staff who are involved in any activity in your business that involves food or surfaces likely to come in contact with foods. It covers your staff whose work involves manufacturing, processing, preparing (such as chopping, cooking, thawing), delivering, transporting or packing your food and your staff that clean your premises and equipment.

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