Technical advice
Safe Food Victoria can help you meet your meat and seafood licence requirements.
Ask us any questions about:
- licensing requirements (new or existing licensees)
- clarification or interpretation of Standards, legislation and guidelines
- general food safety information
- food safety issues
- food safety programs
- alternative processes
- construction requirements
- auditing functions
Submit an enquiry via the online portal(opens in a new window)
There is no cost for us to answer your questions unless a review or audit is needed. If a review or audit is needed, we may suggest that you use our Audit and review services.
Use our Audit and Review services
We offer an audit service and a review service to help you comply with your licence requirements.
We will not provide these services when a non-compliance has been identified from a third-party audit.
We charge $273 per hour for these services.
Audit service
We can audit:
- your food safety program to ensure compliance with the Standards
- your activities and records to assess compliance with the Standards and food safety program.
We will identify any problems and support you to fix them.
Review service
We can:
- give you advice about the design and construction of your facilities before they are inspected
- help you to understand the Standards and design your food safety program when you have a new procedure or product
- make specific recommendations about how you can comply with the Standards
- help you understand the Standards for your particular activities and processes
- advise you on product or process design to meet the Standards, including alternative procedures and techniques for determining the shelf life of your product.
To find out about our Audit and Review services email Safe Food Victoria [correct email address]
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