There are approximately 4 million cases of food-borne illness in Australia every year. Of these cases, there are over 31,000 hospitalisations, 86 deaths and 1 million doctor visits. Food-borne illness is a serious health issue that is caused by dangerous bacteria, viruses and parasites contaminating food. This contamination can come from a variety of sources such as contaminated water or soil on a farm, contaminated processing lines at a food plant or unsafe food handling practices at a grocery store or food service business. Because there are many different ways that food can become contaminated, those who work in the food industry must take food safety seriously.

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