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Food safety
Our food supply is among the safest in the world, however each year an estimated 5.4 million Australians contract a food borne illness.
Most cases of food borne illness are preventable through good hygiene and safe food handling practices.
Food safety is a shared responsibility and we all have a role to play:
food businesses are required to make sure the food they sell is safe and suitable to eat
consumers need to ensure that safe food handling practices are applied from the time food is purchased until it is served, and
state and local government work together to ensure that the food for sale in South Australia is safe and suitable.
The Food Safety & Nutrition Branch in SA Health works together with other government agencies and local councils to ensure that the food for sale in SA is safe and correctly labelled.
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Keeping your food safe
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Food additives
Food allergies and intolerances
Food labels explained
Food recalls
Food Safety Rating Scheme for consumers
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