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 government-run NSW Food Authority, which examined storage, preparation and hygiene.
But the Government changed the rules in October to hire private auditors to inspect the facilities.
Private auditing has been criticised in the construction industry because of the view that businesses seek out auditors whose inspections are less rigorous in an attempt to reduce compliance costs.
The result is pressure on all auditors to ''go soft'' on clients in order to retain clients and attract more..........
As well as covering the companies and institutions that care for the most vulnerable, from January 1 the new system applies also to dairies and businesses that handle meat, seafood and shellfish.
Read more....food safety article The Sydney Morning Herald, January 18, 2010
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