by AIA Team | Feb 24, 2019 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning
Listeria the cause of death in Melbourne A private hospital has been confirmed as the location where the consumption of foods is linked to an outbreak of a listeria and a death of an elderly resident. A catering company, I Cook Foods, has been ordered to suspend its...
by AIA Team | Jul 27, 2018 | Food Safety Learning, Food Safety research
Pure food and a healthy heart It should come as no surprise to people that vegetables and pulses are linked to the overall heath of your heart. These types of foods have been a common staple for hundreds of years. In countries where these staple foods are common,...
by AIA Team | Mar 16, 2018 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning
Would you eat mouldy bread? Have things changed over the last 60 years so much that we are completely terrified of eating foods that show signs of deacay, such as mouldy bread? If we consider great times of hardship, such as wars and natural disasters, people...
by AIA Team | Mar 1, 2018 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning
Rockmelons cause death In unfortunate and quite possibly totally avoidable circumstances, two people have died from diseases that have been linked to the handling of rockmelons. It is not a story we normally hear. Rockmelons cause death. The deaths have been linked to...
by AIA Team | Feb 4, 2018 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning, Food Safety research
Nutrition panels on snacks for lunchboxes – what are they actually telling you? Supermarket aisles can be a minefield for parents looking to decide what to pack in their children’s lunchboxes. Nutrition panels can be difficult to interpret. The glossy marketing...
by AIA Team | Oct 30, 2017 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning
Coffee Wars Workers in every major capital city in Australia line up religiously every morning at their favourite cafes or boutique hipster coffee space. They do this to gain their morning fix of golden brown, liquid gold. Coffee. The smell of roasted beans, the slick...
by AIA Team | Oct 16, 2017 | Food Safety Learning, Food Safety research
Can some foods make you ‘high on life’? Is the food-mood connection real? It is interesting to note that there are a number of studies about our eating habits that are starting to provide interesting data. Evidence suggests that what you eat and how you feel...
by AIA Team | May 13, 2017 | Food Safety Learning, Food Standard Reports
Food labelling It has been some time coming, but the clarity of food labels will soon become a whole lot more transparent. Australia will soon have uniform packaging requirement that stipulate where products are grown, produced made or packed. The general population...
by AIA Team | Apr 11, 2017 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning
Food safety in emergencies While it may not be top of mind for everyone, food safety is a very real issue in times of extreme weather events. With the numerous natural disasters that are occurring more frequently across Australia, it is also important to consider a...
by AIA Team | Dec 21, 2016 | Food hygiene, Food Safety Learning
KFC has been fined for hygiene breaches at one of it’s busiest food court stores in Chermside shopping centre, located in Brisbane, QLD. A Brisbane City Council health inspector conducted a food hygiene audit at the premises on March 4, 2015. Fast food...
