Comments for Australian Food Safety Blog

Comment on Dairy Safety by Troy O.

Troy O. — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:33:39 +0000

What is the best milk that has a low calorie? Because I think milk one source of fat. Do I sound correct?

Comment on How to Keep Your Food Preparation Area in Full Legal Compliance by There’s an ‘I’ In Kitchen But NOT In Teamwork | Prime Skills

There’s an ‘I’ In Kitchen But NOT In Teamwork | Prime Skills — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:36:20 +0000

[...] waiters and waitresses to serve their fantastic food? It’s definitely not one of the finer food businesses in [...]

Comment on Are dented cans a safe bargain? by Ray Keefe

Ray Keefe — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:53:25 +0000

Hi Gavin,

great information. It often isn’t obvious that something like this can be a problem. So good to know.

In our business of Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development there can be similar types of problems where you can’t see the issue but it can be fatal. A few of examples come to mind.

Thermal management
If you test things at room temperature then they might get hot but not too hot, especially if you only test for a few minutes. But in the real world the product can be turned on in a hot room for many hours and the final temperature can be too hot and the product fails. And for semiconductors, the product life statistically halves for every 10 degrees rise in temeprature so it might past an initial test but if you don’t calculate the MTBF, Mean Time Before Failure, you can still end up with a warranty liability.

EMC
Also known as Electromagnetic Compatibility. There are 2 separate potential disasters here. You product might misoperate in the presence of a radio device like a mobile phone, and you product might be too radio noisy and either fail EMC tests leading to a recall, and/or cause problems for other equipment. Avoiding these problems requires experience in electronics design and you want to make sure you are only working with electronics designers who understand these problems.

Load Testing
This can apply to both software and hardware, but is less often done with software and so more often a problem. One big issue with multitasking is that the tasks are run sequentially in loops and either share control cooperatively or in a time sliced environment. So if a lot of things have to happen at the same time, then the microcontroller might not be able to keep up. Sometimes this is not an issue. Things slow down then come back to normal and proceed on OK. But sometimes it can lead to a full system crash. This can be caused by running out of memory, or specifically running out of a memory type known as stack, or not servicing an interrupt fast enough and missing a crucial event or piece of data.

I imaging in the world of cullinary excellence there are also many things to be careful of in order to delivery great food every time and never have a disaster.

Thanks again for the food poisoning information. I’ll never look at a dented can of food the same way again.

Ray Keefe
Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd
Casey Business of the Year 2010
Industrial Electronics Future Award 2011
Award Winning Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development

Comment on Food Safety Rap Video by Microbes they might kill you – Video at Australian Food Safety Blog

Microbes they might kill you – Video at Australian Food Safety Blog — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:00:12 +0000

[...] blog post is a follow-up to the Will Smith Food Safety Parody we published [...]

Comment on Food Safety Standards Higher In Australia by Georges Auguste Escoffier | Prime Skills

Georges Auguste Escoffier | Prime Skills — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:29:28 +0000

[...] Beginning his cooking career at Le Petit Moulin Rouge in Paris, Auguste quickly moved up the professional ladder, due to the most notable part of his culinary career: Introducing this newly discovered simplicity along with organised discipline into restaurant menus and kitchens to improve professional kitchen working conditions. [...]

Comment on The Science Behind Food Safety by Jewelry and Food Preparation | Prime Skills

Jewelry and Food Preparation | Prime Skills — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:55:17 +0000

[...] main thing to always remember, though, is to save beauty for outside of the kitchen because inside, food safety matters a heck of a lot [...]

Comment on The Science Behind Food Safety by Clean Uniforms | Prime Skills

Clean Uniforms | Prime Skills — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:58:19 +0000

[...] environment, great, personal hygiene and safety of the employee and consumers goes a long way in food safety. One way to encourage as much cleanliness in the professional kitchen as possible is to require [...]

Comment on Do You Know How to Choose a Restaurant that is Safe, Healthy and Hygienic? by Daily Deals

Daily Deals — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:38:22 +0000

hey guys, if you want amazing deals on all things food – try out Spreets – they have daily deals on all types of restaurants

Comment on New Vulnerable Persons Guidelines Announced by NSWFA by Food Safety Audit Update at Australian Food Safety Blog

Food Safety Audit Update at Australian Food Safety Blog — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:50:38 +0000

[...] In my previous post, I sent you information on the new audit guidelines for Vulnerable Persons (VP) in NSW. [...]

Comment on Hand Washing by Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:14:44 +0000

This is very cute. But when all said and done, it really doesn’t address the problem. Hand washing starts at a very early age. Not enough is taught in schools about hygiene. When I was at school we were taken to wash our hands before lunch break. Schools need far better facilities before the children will take notice. At home our hands were inspected before meals. Bring back a bit of old fashioned discipline.