A Gluten Free Podcast 

Episode 208 

My guest on today’s episode is the CEO of NSW Food Authority, Andrew Davies. We’ll talk about the current regulations and laws cafes and restaurants must follow for the service of gluten free food, the training these establishments receive for serving people with coeliac disease and how we can improve coeliac disease awareness and education within the Australian hospitality industry.

What we’ll cover: 

* Andrew's role as CEO of the NSW Food Authority
* The role of NSW Food Authority’s responsibility within the hospitality industry by controlling the process of ‘product to plate’
* The current regulations NSW cafes and restaurants must follow when serving people with coeliac disease
* What happens if a business labels something as ‘gluten free’    
* Food handling training hospitality staff receive in terms of serving people with coeliac disease and other allergens within Australia
* Food safety supervisor and accredited training by the Food Authority
* NSW Food Authority working with local councils for allergen handling in hospitality
* Lack of understanding of cross contamination in hospitality
* NSW Food Authority working to educate and make food services aware around the service of food with allergens 
* Use of alternative claims other than ‘gluten free’ such as ‘gluten-friendly’, ‘low-gluten’, coeliac-friendly, etc
* Communication between front of house staff, kitchen staff, management and consumers
* When and how to lodge a complaint about gluten free statements in cafes and restaurants or to report negligent behaviour in around gluten free protocols or claims 
* How we improve knowledge for coeliac disease and gluten free consumers within the hospitality industry
* How to give feedback to NSW Food Authorities
* How to contact Andrew and his team

Links
https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/

Food Act 2003 - Preventing Misleading Information Around Foods

Food Standards Code

The presence of gluten in ‘gluten free’ food study, 2011

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