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Food Safety Information Council educates the Australian community on food safety issues. We are a Health Promotion Charity

 Canberra, Australia
foodsafety.asn.au
Joined March 2012
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Thinking of those affected by flooding (and fires) we keep our food safety in emergencies advice pinned at the top of our social media pages but here is is again to check out foodsafety.asn.au/food-safet… #foodsafety #bushfires #emergencies #floods

Food safety in emergencies - foodsafety.asn.au

Floods, fires and storms can leave you without electricity for your fridge, gas for cooking and water for cleaning and also expose your food to contaminants. Be prepared with this emergency food...

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It’s National Volunteer Week so a big shout out to our experts who volunteer their time to the Food Safety Info Council and everyone who volunteers volunteeringaustralia.org/ge… #NationalVolunteerWeek
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Mother’s Day is coming up and it’s a great time to get kids in the kitchen. Check out our food safety for kids advice foodsafety.asn.au/kids-resou… #FoodSafety #mothersday

Kid’s resources - foodsafety.asn.au

Food safety at home activities Download children's puzzles (thanks to UK Food Standards Agency) See our member Safefood Queensland's kids' food safety advice Try the NSW Food Authority's Good egg bad...

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Nasty abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/p…

Fast-food staff sprayed with unknown substance in filmed attack, police say

Charges have been laid after staff at two Perth fast-food venues were allegedly sprayed with an unknown noxious substance in filmed attacks.

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And if you haven’t got a democracy sausage yet Uber Eats is helping in some locations (You still have to vote though!) campaignbrief.com/uber-eats-…

Uber Eats delivers democracy snags to voters missing out in new campaign via Special

As tens of millions of Australians head to the polls this weekend, thousands will miss out on their post-vote bite of choice: the humble Democracy Sausage.

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It’s Democracy Sausage Day! Support your local community fundraiser and find your nearest sausage here tinyurl.com/2tp8rx77
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Our advice not to pick or eat wild mushrooms out in Yahoo news today tinyurl.com/2ds2vdhp #mushrooms #deathcaps

Warning as deadly mushrooms take over Aussie gardens: 'Extremely dangerous'

While there is an antidote, it is in short supply and very expensive.

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Nice to see our democracy sausage advice is getting out there tinyurl.com/2p8xyp77 #election #foodsafety
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Took a while to find what sickened 69 people in Canberra (wash hands and don’t go to work when sick!) tinyurl.com/4hwxbv5j #foodsafety
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Can’t beat a democracy sausage on election day - check out our food safety advice out today on running fundraisers safely tinyurl.com/49uc9v4m #election2025 #fundraising #foodsafety
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Still got some Easter chocolate left (unlikely we know!) here’s advice on how to store it safely foodsafety.asn.au/chocolate/ #easter2025 #chocolate

Chocolate - foodsafety.asn.au

If you buy loose handmade chocolates always ask in the shop how to store them and when to use them by as some ingredients may require refrigeration. Pass on this information to the recipient if the...

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Off to the Sydney Royal Easter Show? Visit our member NSW Food Authority’s stall and check your handwashing skills tinyurl.com/6h57xm8a

Sydney Royal Easter Show

Explore our interactive stand at the annual Sydney Royal Easter Show.

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Easter Egg recall due to undeclared allergen (pistachio nuts) foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/new… #allergies #easter2025

Adora Handmade Chocolates - Easter Egg Rocky Road Products 350g

Recall details

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Easter is the busiest time for the sale of seafood. When you pick your seafood up remember to take a cooler with ice bricks and bring it straight home and refrigerate foodsafety.asn.au/seafood/ #seafood #easter #foodsafety

Seafood - foodsafety.asn.au

Seafood, especially shellfish, has had bad food safety press in the past. However, Australia has a well-deserved reputation for high quality and safe seafood and commercially produced seafood sold in...

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Going fishing this Easter break? Check out our food safety advice tinyurl.com/5tprssh3 #foodsafety #fishing #seafood

Going fishing this Easter? Keep your seafood food safe (14 April 2025) - foodsafety.asn.au

With the Easter break coming up, it is a great time to get the whole family out in the fresh air fishing especially with the growing popularity of ‘FishTok’ with young fishers sharing their catch and...

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Mixed salads coming back to the shelves after E.coli food safety scare (though no reported illnesses) tinyurl.com/mvjd67h8 #foodsafety #salad
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Whoo hoo we are mentioned in the latest Hard Quiz trivia on the ABC News Website. See if you can get the answer right abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/h… #foodsafety @abcnews

Ready to flex your trivia muscle? Let's play, HARD!

So, you think you're good at quizzes but don't have the guts to front up to my actual TV show? Well, try this then.

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Food recall of salad from Aldi and Woolworths 9news.com.au/national/produc…

Salad products sold at Aldi and Woolworths recalled over contamination fears

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Nice video about our deathcap mushroom advice tinyurl.com/3rj756ya #mushrooms #foraging
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Interesting US video about how deathcap mushrooms grow and spread youtu.be/jQ28IOhU_Bk?si=uhgy… #deathcap #mushrooms

Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Terrifying and Unstoppable

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a seve...

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As autumn kicks in, a reminder not to pick or eat wild mushrooms because of the deathcap risk tinyurl.com/3kdajf8m #mushrooms #foraging

Deadly deathcap mushroom warning issued as Autumn kicks in (17 March 2025) - foodsafety.asn.au

With wild mushrooms starting to spring up around Australia this Autumn, the Food Safety Information Council is issuing its annual warning people not to pick or eat wild mushrooms because of the...

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