Basic Food Safety Training
Opening and closing food safety checks: a daily routine for the person in charge
Turn your duties as person in charge into two short walks a day, with a one-page record and a plan for when a check fails.
ASC Food Safety Consultants
Leading with Science. Ensuring Food Safety.
Explore authoritative articles from ASC Food Safety Consultants covering food safety, HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, food hygiene, food law, foodborne illness, environmental health, auditing, compliance and public health in South Africa. This premium archive helps readers, businesses, regulators and food sector teams find practical and current content quickly.
The changes that should trigger a HACCP review, how change control catches them, and how to run an annual reassessment that stands up at audit.
Basic Food Safety Training
Turn your duties as person in charge into two short walks a day, with a one-page record and a plan for when a check fails.
FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY TRAINING
A receiving routine that takes minutes per delivery, clear rejection criteria, and how to use receiving records to manage your suppliers.
FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY TRAINING
The clause 9.3 management review inputs and outputs in plain language, with a practical agenda, a minutes layout and the gaps auditors find most often.
Basic Food Safety Training
The personal hygiene rules food handlers break most often, the reason behind each one, and how to enforce them fairly, including religious and medical exceptions.
Basic Food Safety Training
When the taps run dry, the person in charge must decide whether to trade, cut the menu or close. Here is how to decide, cope and restart safely.
Food Safety and Quality Culture Training
One point, one story, one question, one action: a simple format and 12 food safety toolbox talk topics drawn from real South African site problems.
ASC Food Safety Consultants supports businesses across South Africa with food safety consulting, HACCP support, auditing, hygiene audits, FSMS implementation, compliance guidance, training and public health expertise.
The ASC Food Safety blog publishes articles on food safety, HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, food hygiene, auditing, food law, public health and compliance in South Africa. It is for food business owners, QA and QC professionals, food handlers and students who want practical, current guidance from accredited food safety experts. Updated regularly by ASC Food Safety Consultants. Read the latest articles to stay informed and compliant.
The South African food safety blog covers HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., food hygiene, internal and supplier auditing, food law and Regulation R638, public health, environmental health and broader compliance topics. Articles translate standards and legislation into practical guidance for food businesses, QA teams and food handlers working in the South African food industry.
Yes. All blog articles are free to read. The blog is part of ASC Food Safety Consultants' free resources, designed to help food businesses, professionals and students stay informed about food safety best practice, standards updates and compliance requirements in South Africa, without any subscription or payment.
ASC publishes new food safety articles regularly, covering standards updates, regulatory changes, seasonal hygiene risks and practical how-to guidance. Following the blog is a useful way for South African food businesses and QA professionals to keep up with developments in HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 and food law, and to pick up actionable tips between formal training.
Articles are written by ASC Food Safety Consultants' team of food safety specialists, auditors and trainers, drawing on hands-on experience implementing HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000 and BRCGS systems across South Africa. This means the content reflects current standards and real-world implementation challenges faced by local food businesses, not just theory.
The blog is a helpful starting point for understanding standards such as FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 and BRCGS and what certification involves. For full preparation, combine it with ASC's accredited training, editable FSMS document toolkits and consulting support, which provide the structured guidance and documentation needed to achieve audit and certification readiness in South Africa.
Yes. The blog regularly addresses South African food safety legislation, including Regulation R638 governing general hygiene requirements for food premises, agricultural product standards and meat safety law. Articles explain what these requirements mean in practice for food handlers, persons in charge and food businesses, helping readers understand and meet their legal obligations.