Australian Food Safety Week

Australian Food Safety Week 2025 was held from 8 to 15 November 2025. The theme was ‘Don’t swallow the myth –  Food safety myth busting’.

Our resources:

Use our social media tiles, printable posters, web and email banners to promote AFSW25 click here

Sample media release adapt this sample media release to show what you are promoting during Australian Food Safety Week click here

Test your knowledge with our  ‘Food Safety Mythbusting’ quiz click here

Register your event whether it is a morning tea or public event let us know what you are doing and if you’d like us to publicise it click here

Check out our media releases:

More people at risk of food poisoning from washing raw chicken – Australian Food Safety Week 8 to 15 November ‘Food safety myth busting’

Two thirds of Aussies surveyed recall having food poisoning and the majority of those incorrectly blame the last thing they ate – food safety myth busting 4 November 2025

Watch our TV community service announcement

 

Listen to our radio community service announcements

 

Listen to our indigenous radio community service announcement with Shae Lui

Find out what happened during Australian Food Safety Week 2024

The theme of Australian Food Safety Week 9 to 16 November 2024 was  ‘Look before you cook – reading food labels’ and focussed on following the food safety instructions on packaged foods labels such as use by or best before dates as well as cooking and storage instructions.

Check out the webinar we did with our member AIFST

 

Watch us on TV NZ

A community package of social media tiles, posters, email banner, sample media release, online quiz and events registration was circukated.

Get social – use our social media tiles, email banners and printable posters click here

Use our Food Safety Week Stakeholder Social Content Kit 2024 to get messages out there in the lead up to Australian Food Safety Week

Test your knowledge with this ‘Look before you cook’ quiz click here

Sample media release Adapt this sample media release to show what you are promoting during Australian Food Safety Week click here

Register your Australian Food Safety Week event and let us know if you’d like us to publicize it here

 

Please contact us info@foodsafety.asn.au if you need higher resolution versions

 

 

Find out what happened during previous Australian Food Safety Weeks