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  • Food Safety - Frogburger enough to make you jump

    Next time you tuck into a salad, check to see whether there are any frogs' legs in the mix.  Frogs are notorious for weaseling their way into fresh produce, largely due to their camouflaging ability among the leaves.

    Three were recenty brought into the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Hospital.............after unsuspecting consumers found them in lettuce and banana leaves.

  • Food Safety - Sushi Warning - Today Tonight, Channel 7

    Testing has shown four out of five sushi samples bought in certain areas are crawling with bacteria which can cause serious illness.

    Four sushi rolls had had hidden bacillus cereus, a food poisoning bug found in rice.
    It should be at levels less than 100 - one chicken roll had a count of 600.

    In Brisbane, almost half of the sushi outlets failed.......The sample also tested po

  • Food Safety - Top chef defends 'cakeage' charge

    A reputable chef has come out swinging in defence of Gold Coast restaurants charging 'cakeage' - a surcharge for serving slices of cakes brought in by patrons.

  • Food Safety - CSIRO Make it Safe - book review

    People involved with preparation of food for the commercial or retail market need a sound understanding of the food safety risks associated with their specific products and, importantly, how to control these risks. Failure to control food safety hazards can have devastating consequences for not only the consumer, but also the food manufacturer.

  • Fears for sick, elderly in food safety overhaul

    The process of checking food safety standards at NSW hospitals, aged-care facilities and other food handling businesses has been quietly privatised by the State Government, leading to fears of an increase in food poisoning outbreaks among the sick and elderly.

    Previously, companies and institutions known as ''high-risk food businesses'' had to undergo regular, rigorous audits by the gov

  • RSA - Fake IDs better than ever as the number made by authentic stolen machines is rising

    NIGHTCLUB owners are demanding two forms of ID from suspected under-age revellers because the number of fake IDs made by authentic stolen machines is rising.

    Club owners have reported a steady rise in the number of "real" drivers' licences made by licence machines stolen from VicRoads offices and sold on the black market.

    Eleven VicRoads licensing machines have been stolen since

  • RSA - Bars introduce ID scanners so they can identify problem patrons

    LICENSEES are cracking down on drunken violence ahead of new laws to be brought in by the end of the year.

  • RSA - Bars turning away 'uncool patrons face fines

    Police in Kings Cross, The Rocks, Darling Harbour and the central business district have been ordered to fine licensed premises that refuse entry to people because the doormen or women think they don't look ''cool'' enough.

  • RSA - Violent drinkers face bans, pubs to close earlier in Queensland

    PROBLEM patrons face bans from Queensland entertainment precincts and pubs and clubs will close earlier under sweeping plans to curb alcohol-fuelled violence.

     

    Venues will have to shut at 4am on weekends and 2am during

  • RSG - Pokie odds exposed - losses disguised as wins - Today Tonight 11 May 2010

    Trained mathematician Professor Kevin Harrigan has broken the code of poker machines that exposes how poker machine manufacturers get players hooked.  The poker machines are designed to make people think they have won money, when in fact they have lost. It is illegal in Australia for machines to mislead or deceive.    To see this video

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