Make it safe

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Katherine Scurrah: Make it Safe was written to help small businesses make safe food products. We also realised that there were many businesses starting up every day in this industry sector and so we wanted to provide them with some guidance on food safety as well.

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The focus of this book was Australia's small-scale manufacturers because they actually make up about two thirds of the food and beverage manufacturing industry in Australia.

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There's no concerns at all about the safety of food produced by small manufacturers in Australia. In fact our food products have got an excellent reputation internationally. The aim of this book is just to ensure that that reputation is maintained.

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There's really nothing like this book out there on the market. It provides a step-by-step guide to food safety, without all the jargon that can be found in other publications. So it's an easy to understand guide for small businesses.

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This book is a collaborative effort between food microbiologists and food technologists at this Division you have long history of helping small food businesses.

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Certainly small food manufacturers will find the book very useful and it's also going to be useful for students that are studying food technology and hospitality courses, as a good reference source for them as well.

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I hope that readers will get the essential knowledge that they need to know to make safe food products and also I hope that this will assist them to understand some of the food safety regulations that Australian manufacturers must comply with.

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