Food Safety Schemes Manual

The NSW Food Authority has prepared the NSW Food Safety Schemes Manual (the Manual) to specify testing requirements for the following Food Safety Schemes under the Food Regulation 2015:

• Dairy food safety scheme
• Egg food safety scheme
• Meat food safety scheme
• Plant products food safety scheme
• Seafood safety scheme
• Vulnerable persons food safety scheme

The requirements referred to in the Manual are mandatory.

The Manual

NSW Food Safety Schemes Manual

Appendix 1. How to do microbiological testing

Appendix 2. Listeria monocytogenes limits in ready-to-eat (RTE) food

Appendix 3. Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in the food processing environment. Guide for the development of an environmental monitoring program

Appendix 4. Procedure for Listeria spp. environmental sampling

Appendix 5. Use of in-pack pasteurisation as a way of reducing the risk of Listeria contamination on RTE meats

Forms

Application to vary ready-to-eat (RTE) product testing – QA025

Notify a pathogen detection

Notify a residue detection (dairy)