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

Labelling

Microbiological integrity

By year

2018

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