Year 10 Food Specialisations – Food safety and labelling

Year 10 Food Specialisation
Food Safety & Labelling

Last updated 21st May, 2020

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This page has been created by your Teacher Librarian to support Year 10 Food Specialisation students with the Food Safety & Labelling task.

The sources of information listed below are to get you started.

You may still need to locate and select sources of information yourself via a free internet search. Ensure you evaluate sources of information first using the CRAAP test before deciding to use the information in your work . (Tip: validate the expertise of the author first). To develop your search skills refer to the Advanced Search Skills section.

HACCP & Food safety

Allergens and food safety [Video file]. (2006). Retrieved from ClickView database.
This program covers: what allergens are; reactions and responses; rules and regulations; the role of food manufacturers in food safety; and the role of retailers and workers in food safety.

Australia Institute of Food Safety. (n.d.). How to Build a Food Safety Program with the 7 Principles of HACCP. Retrieved from https://www.foodsafety.com.au/blog/how-build-food-safety-program-7-principles-haccp

Australia Institute of Food Safety. (n.d.). The seven principle of HACCP. Retrieved from https://www.foodsafety.com.au/blog/the-seven-principles-of-haccp

Healey, J. (2016). Food safety. Retrieved from AccessIt database.

Food safety is the concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use. This book is a comprehensive guide featuring food safety tips on handling, hygiene and contamination.

Healey, J. (2016). Food safety. Retrieved from AccessIt database.

An ebook version of the same book as above.

Lovitt, Z., and Leigh, R. (2005). HACCP in action food safety case studies [Video file]. Retrieved from ClickView database.

MadgeTech. (2017, February 16). HACCP food safety hazards [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/lEZbSaikBTw

White, J. (2014). Food safety and hygiene [Video file]. Retrieved from Clickview database.

This video presents why food safety and hygiene is paramount in the prevention of food-borne illness. Note: You may need to sign in with your MLC username and password to view.

Click HERE for more ClickView videos on Food Safety.

Food charities

Find out how, where and for whom these Food Charity organisations work in Western Australia

Uniting Care West- Food Rescue

Food waste

Barbar, L., & MacCarten, J. (2018, September 4). Reducing food waste can protect our health, as well as our planet’s. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/reducing-food-waste-can-protect-our-health-as-well-as-our-planets-101452

Candy, S. (2017). Reducing Food Wastage – the “Low Hanging Fruit” for Food System Sustainability. Nutridate, 28(3), 9–13. Retrieved from Australian/ New Zealand Reference Centre database.

Department of Environment and Energy. (2017). National Food Waste Strategy. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/4683826b-5d9f-4e65-9344-a900060915b1/files/national-food-waste-strategy.pdf

Food Innovation Australia Ltd. (2020). A Roadmap for reducing Australia’s food waste by half by 2030. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/fca42414-c4df-4821-b195-4948ad673f69/files/roadmap-reducing-food-waste.pdf

Foodwise. (n.d.) Fast facts of food waste. Retrieved from http://www.foodwise.com.au/foodwaste/food-waste-fast-facts/

Reucassel, C., & Welkerling, S. (2018). War on waste: the battle continues Ep. 1/3 [Video file]. Retrieved from ClickView database.

Welkerling, S., & Boylan, J. (2017). War on waste, Ep. 1/4 [Video file]. Retrieved from ClickView database.

Food security

Agriculture in Education (2015, February 5). Introduction to Food Security [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/VCYeLuURxRM

Anglicare Australia. (2012). When there’s not enough to eat. Retrieved from https://www.anglicare.asn.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/when-theres-not-enough-to-eat-a-national-study-of-food-insecurity-among-emergency-relief-clients.pdf

CFS. (2016). The future food system: the world on one plate? Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/cfs/home/blog/blog-articles/article/en/c/448182/

A national study of food insecurity amoung food relief clients, 2012.

Foodbank. (2017). Foodbank Hunger Report 2017. Retrieved from https://www.foodbank.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2017-Foodbank-Hunger-Report.pdf

Provides a snapshot of the largely hidden problem of food insecurity in Australia

Rosier, K. (2011). Food insecurity in Australia: What is it, who experiences it and how can child and family services support families experiencing it? Retrieved from https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/food-insecurity-australia-what-it-who-experiences-it-and-how-can-child

Other sources of information:

How do we solve food insecurity in Australia.

Insight: Hungry

Watch on SBS on demand – you will need a free account.

Food security and Australia

Food labelling

FSANZ Labelling

Nutrition information panels

More soon

Advanced Search Skills

Do you want to make searching for information easier?

Then try these search techniques:

Choosing Keywords – Click HERE to watch a video about choosing keywords to search with. Presented by Daniel Russell, Senior Research Scientist at Google, until you reach 5.14

Narrowing search results
- Advanced operators
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Image Credits

Food banner [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://pngtree.com/freebackground/healthy-food-health-product-promotion-banner_994071.html