Frequently Asked Questions - Food Safety Supervisor


This will depend on if you can demonstrate that you have completed the relevant units of competency for the food sector.

Check out the Food Industry Fact sheet 18, to find out the relevant course codes that would be listed on your qualification.

The availability of the Food Safety Supervisor is critical, the Act requires them to be reasonably available while the business is operating. A Food Safety Supervisor is to be located on the premises whenever food handling is being undertaken.

For further information check out the Food Industry Fact Sheet 19, from Queensland Health.

Yes, we offer an online Food Safety Supervisor course with our partnership with Southbank Institute of Technology.  For further information check out our Food Safety Supervisor page.

The Food Act 2006 requires all food businesses involved in the manufacture, preparation and sale of food to have a Food Safety Supervisor by 22nd of February 2008.

An enforcement amnesty has been applied until 1st of July 2008.