South Australian Branch Event
AIFST Update &
Food Safety Management Tools – Standard 3.2.2A review
Join AIFST CEO Fiona Fleming for an update on AIFST and SA Health for an information session on the new standard.
AIFST Update
Fiona will provide an update on what AIFST has been doing and plans for the rest of 2023 and beyond. This will be a chance for you to ask questions and make suggestions for AIFST going forward.
The new Food Safety Standard
3.2.2A – Food Safety Management Tools is now in effect. The Standard introduces new requirements for all food service, catering, and retail businesses that handle unpackaged, ready-to-eat, and potentially hazardous foods.
These businesses must implement either two or three new food safety management tools, depending on their category, which is based on the risk of the food handling activities of the business. The tools are:
- mandatory food handler training
- implementation of a food safety supervisor
- substantiation of key food handling activities.
This event is being held in person at the Regency TAFE campus in Adelaide.
SA HEALTH SPEAKERS:
Alessia Centofanti
Having graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science Environmental Health from Flinders University, Alessia has remained passionate to the environmental field. Spending 14 years as an Environmental Health Officer with Local Government, it is there she discovered her true appetite for food safety. Joining the SA Health team twelve years ago she now manages the Food Standards Surveillance team. Alessia thrives on foodborne investigations, her biggest achievement to date has been the co-ordination of an investigation into, and the subsequent resolution of the largest foodborne outbreak in South Australia, Salmonella Saintpaul attributed to bean sprouts.
Alessia represents South Australia on a number of the national working groups including the Implementation Subcommittee for Food Regulation Incident Response Working Group, and is the Food Recall Coordinator for South Australia. She is supported in her working professional by a dedicated team of food safety specialists.
Drew Grosser
Having graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and working in medical research for several years, Drew continued further studies in public health by completing a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice at Flinders University.
Drew commenced working in the public and environmental health field as an Environmental Health Officer in Local Government where he was involved with a wide range of regulatory and educational activities, primarily associated with food safety and public health. During this time he developed an enthusiasm for food safety and relished the opportunity for professional development in this field by becoming a qualified food safety auditor.
Since joining SA Health in 2017, Drew now manages the Food Safety & Audit team, where he is supported by a group of committed auditors with expertise in food safety. With 10 years’ experience in various regulatory roles, he continues to provide technical advice in risk assessment and management, whilst specialising in audit activities across a wide range of food sectors, businesses and food safety programs.
Stephanie Neal
Stephanie graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Health Science and continued her studies in the public health space by completing a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice from Flinders University. Upon completion she commenced working in the public health field as an Environmental Health Officer with Local Government where she was involved in regulating and educating food businesses and the public on food safety matters, as well as investigating foodborne illness outbreaks and other public health related complaints. Stephanie joined the Food Standards Surveillance team at SA Health in 2019 and has since been involved in foodborne disease investigations and providing advice and education on food safety compliance matters to a wide range of stakeholders.
With just shy of 10 years’ experience in the food safety regulation space, she continues to learn and grow her passion for food safety education.
