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People dining at the Doon Doon Roadhouse can be confident that the food they are eating has been handled with care, thanks to a new training program. The FoodSafe program, developed by the Australian Institute of Environmental Health, targets food handlers in small outlets to encourage training in hygiene to meet the National Food Safety Standards. Doon Doon Roadhouse is the first Aboriginal community store and roadhouse in WA to achieve the FoodSafe standard. A FoodSafe certificate and sticker, to be put on display for their customers to see, has been awarded to the roadhouse to acknowledge their successful participation in the program. |
The staff at the Roadhouse have undergone basic training and introduced several food hygiene practices in order to maintain their accreditation. Practices such as good personal hygiene, correct food handling and storage, effective cleaning and pest control are simple steps that help prevent food poisoning. Shire President Barbara Johnson said: “Food poisoning remained the most preventable notifiable disease in Australia and with more food outlets opening and more people eating out more often, there are concerns that the high standards of food hygiene the community deserves are not always met.” |
Councillor Johnson then went on to say that the FoodSafe food handler training program was a user-friendly video and workbook, utilising, humour, mime and an uncomplicated approach to good hygiene practices, which can give even the smallest establishment the confidence of reaching the required standards and at long last gives consumers a choice about food safety. Roadhouse managers Sharon and Tony Robinson said that the course taught the staff a lot about the safe handling of food. They encouraged those travelling on the Great Northern Highway to pull in at Doon Doon Roadhouse to have a meal that has been handled with care.
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