It’s a shame when one of your children jumps the shark.
Not my actual children, there are all unique and different, and I love their takes on life.
Ideas are not biological beings.
Food safety culture in a business is how everyone (owners, managers, employees) thinks and acts in their daily job to make sure that the food they make or serve is safe. It’s about having pride in producing safe food every time, recognising that a good quality product must be safe to eat. Food safety is your top priority.
A strong food safety culture comes from people understanding the importance of making safe food and committing to doing whatever it takes, every time. It starts at the top but needs everyone’s support across the business.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) says it has developed some easy-to-use tools and resources to help businesses and regulators work together to improve food safety culture, through a 3-step process:
Step 1: Know where your business stands
Step 2: Do something to make a difference
Step 3: Follow through for a long-lasting impact
Food safety is not simple, and nothing is easy.
How does FSANZ know their tools are easy to use? Have they done surveys, personal interviews?
Unlikely.
It’s one of those catch phrases which means, be suspicious.
I’ve always told my daughters, anyone who says trust me is untrustworthy.
Food safety is like anything else, especially hockey: put in the hours, get it right.