Australian Food Safety Week - 10-17 November 2018

As part of Australian Food Safety Week residents are urged to take food poisoning seriously.

We need to remember that food poisoning isn’t just a minor stomach upset but it should be taken seriously as it can be fatal. The Listeria outbreak linked to Australian rockmelons earlier this year resulted in 7 tragic deaths and a miscarriage. This was followed by a recall of imported frozen vegetables which was linked to 47 listeriosis cases and 9 deaths in Europe and 1 death in Australia.

See if you are at risk of serious Listeria infection by taking the quiz below:

Listeria food poisoning quiz

More information can be found at the Food Safety Information Council website.

This information is provided by the Food Safety Information Council.