Food Safety Resources

• Durham Region - Food Safety
  Food safety is very important to all of us because you can get food poisoning or an infection from unsafe food. This Website is for the public who wants to know more about food safety and for the food premise operators who need more information on food safety and the requirements of the Food Premises Regulation.
  
  
• FIGHTBAC - Partnership for Food Safety Education
  Information about safe food handling to help reduce foodborne illness. Includes the "4 Steps" to food safety, foodborne illness descriptions and symptoms, and the "10 Least Wanted " bacteria.
  
  
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  Offers information on safe food handling, handwashing techniques, keeping food safe during a power failure and more.
  
  
• Health Canada
  Health Canada’s procedures for ensuring food safety and assuring the quality of all food sold in Canada.
  
  
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  Information on how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) enforces food safety and nutritional quality standards established by Health Canada.
  
  
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  Food industry, inspection, safety, and business information for the province of Ontario.