Food safety for consumers

Food safety is important for all Queenslanders. This page links you to information about food safety for your health, how to be food safe in your home, and what to look for when you are shopping or eating out.

There are food safety laws to ensure that the food you buy and eat is safe and suitable for human consumption. If you have a concern about a food product or a food business, you can use our online form to make a food safety complaint.

Your complaint details are kept confidential and will only be provided to other Government agencies as needed for the investigation into your complaint.

Report a food safety issue

Food safety and your health

• Signs of unsafe food
• Food poisoning
• Food allergies and intolerances
• Cross contamination
• Pregnancy and healthy eating

Food safety at home

• Preventing food poisoning
• Lunchboxes
• Eating outdoors
• Fundraising events
• Donating food
• After an emergency or natural disaster

Food safety when shopping and eating out

• Understanding food labels
• Dogs in outdoor dining areas
• Doggy bags
• Seafood substitution

Food warnings and advice

• Salmonella
• Campylobactor
• Listeria
• Folate and folic acid
• Iodine
• Sulfur dioxide in meat
• Low THC hemp foods
• Raw milk
• Seafood
• Food irradiation
• Mushroom poisoning

Potentially hazardous foods and processes

• Potentially hazardous food
• Chicken and other poultry
• Eggs
• Ice
• Rice based desserts
• Rockmelon
• Sous vide
• Spit roasts
• Sushi

Food safety and the law

• Current food recalls
• Food Act 2006
• Food Standards Code
• Roles and responsibilities
• Food business licensing
• Gloves tongs and hairnets
• Report a food safety issue