Food Safety Atlas

Maintenance and contractors

Step 1 of 9

Know what you must keep working

What happens

List the premises, fixtures, equipment and vehicles that food safety relies on, and what each one has to do.

Good looks like

The list includes hot water, refrigeration capacity, floors and seals, not only machines that plug in.

How it goes wrong

The list is whatever broke last year.

Who
Technical

Australia requires premises, fixtures, fittings, equipment and the parts of vehicles that carry food to be in a good state of repair and working order. adds that they must not contaminate food with metal, flaking plaster, glass, wood or plastic.

cl. 21; §11.1