Food Safety Survey Reports
Food Standards Surveillance conducts food surveys to investigate compliance with the Food Act 2001 and the Food Standards Code.
The following reports are available for review.
For older reports, please refer to the annual Food Act Reports.
By topic
Cleaning and sanitising
- Immersion blenders, Bacterial loads (PDF 319KB), June 2016 – appendix 1 in the 2015/16 annual report
Labelling
- Allergen Free Claims (PDF 1.10MB), June 2015 - appendix 5 in the 2014/15 annual report
- Country of origin labelling compliance (PDF 2082KB), June 2014 - appendix 2 in the 2013/14 annual
- Kilojoule labelling compliance (PDF 2082KB), June 2014 - appendix 3 in the 2013/14 annual report
- Labelling compliance of packaged food (PDF 1.14MB), June 2013 - appendix 6 in the 2012/13 annual report
- Labelling compliance of packaged food (PDF 1.10MB), June 2015 - appendix 2 in the 2014/15 annual report
Microbiological integrity
- chicken meat (PDF 2082KB), June 2014 – appendix 4 in the 2013/14 annual report
- chicken meat (PDF 1.10MB), June 2015 – appendix 1 in the 2014/15 annual report
- Cook chill – ready to heat and eat meals with extended shelf life (PDF 536KB), June 2017
- Cook chill – ready to heat and eat meals with extended shelf life (PDF 445KB), June 2018
- Egg wash survey (PDF 1.14MB), June 2013 - appendix 5 in the 2012/13 annual report
- fresh herbs (PDF 1.14MB), July 2013 – appendix 1 in the 2012/13 annual report
- fresh poultry meat (PDF 1.14MB), June 2013 - appendix 2 in the 2012/13 annual report
- Leafy green horticulture (PDF 462KB), June 2018
- ready to eat meats (PDF 1.14MB), June 2013 - appendix 4 in the 2012/13 annual report
- ready to eat meats (PDF 2082KB), June 2014 - appendix 1 in the 2013/14 annual report
- ready to eat salads (PDF 319KB), June 2016 - appendix 2 in the 2015/16 annual report
- Survival of Salmonella Typhimurium in commercially prepared aioli (PDF 1.10MB), June 2015 - appendix 4 in the 2014/15 annual report
- soft cheese (PDF 1.10MB), June 2015 - appendix 3 in the 2014/15 annual report
- sprouted seeds (PDF 148KB), June 2017
- whole eggs (PDF 1.14MB), June 2013 - appendix 3 in the 2012/13 annual report
- whole eggs (PDF 2082KB), August 2014 - appendix 5 in the 2013/14 annual report
By year
2018
- Cook chill – ready to heat and eat meals with extended shelf life (PDF 445KB)
- Leafy green horticulture (PDF 462KB)
2017
- Cook chill – ready to heat and eat meals with extended shelf life (PDF 536KB)
- Microbiological integrity of sprouted seeds (PDF 148KB), June 2017
2016
Food Act Report: Year ending 30 June 2016 (PDF 319KB) contains the following Food Safety Survey Reports:
- Bacterial loads of immersion blenders - appendix 1
- Microbiological integrity of ready to eat (RTE) salads - appendix 2
2015
Food Act Report: Year ending 30 June 2015 (PDF 1.10MB) contains the following Food Safety Survey Reports:
- Microbiological survey of chicken meat - appendix 1
- Labelling compliance of packaged food - appendix 2
- Microbiological integrity of soft cheese - appendix 3
- Survival of Salmonella Typhimurium in commercially prepared aioli - appendix 4
- Survey of Allergen Free Claims - appendix 5
2014
Food Act Report: Year ending 30 June 2014 (PDF 2082KB) contains the following Food Safety Survey Reports:
- Microbiological integrity of ready to eat (RTE) meats - appendix 1
- Country of origin labelling compliance - appendix 2
- Kilojoule labelling compliance - appendix 3
- Microbiological survey of chicken meat - appendix 4
- Microbiological integrity of whole eggs - appendix 5
2013
Food Act Report: Year ending 30 June 2013 (PDF 1.14MB) contains the following Food Safety Survey Reports:
- Microbiological integrity of fresh herbs - appendix 1
- Microbiological integrity of fresh poultry meat - appendix 2
- Microbiological integrity of whole eggs - appendix 3
- Microbiological integrity of ready to eat (RTE) meats - appendix 4
- Egg wash survey - appendix 5
- Labelling compliance of packaged food - appendix 6
- Country of origin labelling - appendix 7