Food Safety
Food Safety
This page contains the following resources developed to assist farmers implement best practice food safety processes on farm:
- Salmonella Guide for Producers: a practical guide for preventing Salmonella from entering and infecting the farm.
- Salmonella Swabbing Procedures: illustrated swabbing guides for different layer environments, including deep litter sheds, conventional cages, slatted sheds and more.
- Synopsis of Salmonella Response Plan: a guide for farmers to respond to a Salmonella infection on farm.
- Codes of Practice: guides to basic hygienic egg production for human consumption.
- Egg Stamping resources: egg stamping is a legal requirement. These resources provide all the facts.
- Salmonella Posters: a set of 6 downloadable posters relating to Salmonella prevention in six different elements of egg production.
- Australian Eggs have also developed the Salmonella Risk Assessment Toolkit to help farmers refine food safety processes across the business.
SE Guide for Producers
SE Swabbing Procedures
SOP12 - Caravan Farms Using Sponge Swabs or Sponge Sticks
SE Swabbing Procedures
SOP2 - Deep Litter Sheds With Pens or Partitions Using Drag Swabs
SE Swabbing Procedures
SOP3 - Single Level, Fully Slatted Sheds Using Drag Swabs
SE Swabbing Procedures
SOP4- Slatted Sheds With Pens or Partitions Using Drag Swabs
SE Swabbing Procedures
SOP5 - Combined Deep Litter and Slatted Shed Using Drag Swabs
SE Swabbing Procedures
SOP9 - Slatted Sheds with Hens or Partitions Using Boots Swabs
SE Swabbing Procedures
Salmonella Response Plans
Salmonella Enteritidis Operational Response Plan
This document provides guidance for government and the layer industry to respond to cases of Salmonella Enteritidis, and replaces the earlier 2017 version of the document.
Egg Stamping
Through-Chain Salmonella Risk Identification
Salmonella Posters