Food

Surveillance

Council environmental health officers monitor food shops throughout the municipality to ensure they are providing food in a safe and hygienic matter. This includes monitoring of cafes, restaurants, takeaways and bakeries as well as school canteens, markets and mobile food vans.

FoodSafetm

FoodSafe is a food handler training program which trains food handlers in various aspects of food hygiene. In order to receive the award each person within the food premises must be trained and the premises must have adequate cleaning schedule in place, must monitor delivery of stock to ensure food is received at the correct temperatures and is suitable quality. Temperature checks must also be carried out daily of all food requiring hot or cold storage.

When eating out or buying takeaway you should look for the FoodSafetm logo.

Food Sampling

Council environmental health officers also take part in food sampling programs. Various foods are chosen and samples collected and analysed for various things such as the presence of food poisoning organisms.

HOT

The Health Option Tasmania Award rewards those food shops who offer healthy choices on the menus, who prepare and serve food in a hygienic manner and who offer a smoke free environment in which to eat. So far no food shops within Sorell have received this award.

Please direct all food complaints to the Environmental Health Department at Sorell Council.

Useful Links:

• Department of Health & Human Services Tasmania - www.dhhs.tas.gov.au