Tools
Free tools for working out what the food safety rules ask of your business.
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How the category finder works
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Six questions
Yes or no questions about the food you handle: whether it needs to be kept cold or hot, whether it is eaten without further cooking, and whether you make it yourselves.
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Your likely category
Category one, category two, not covered by Standard 3.2.2A, or exempt as a fundraising event.
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What applies
Which of the three tools apply to you: a food safety supervisor, food handler training and records.
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The guides to read
Each result links to the guides that explain it in full.
Examples by activity
- Cooking, cooling or putting together unpackaged food that needs temperature control and is eaten as servedLikely category one
- Selling ready to eat food of this kind that someone else made, with only slicing, weighing, repacking, reheating or hot holdingLikely category two
- Selling only packaged snacks and drinksStandard 3.2.2A probably does not apply
- Food sold at a fundraising eventLikely exempt
Confirm the answer with your local government's environmental health officer.
Food business category finder
Six questions about the food you handle show whether your business is likely category one, category two or neither under Standard 3.2.2A. Open the category finder.