Food Safety Schemes Manual

The NSW Food Authority has prepared the NSW Food Safety Schemes Manual (the Manual) to specify testing requirements for the following food safety schemes under the NSW Food Regulation 2025: 

• dairy food safety scheme
• egg food safety scheme
• meat food safety scheme
• plant products food safety scheme
• seafood safety scheme
• vulnerable persons food safety scheme.

The Manual applies to all food businesses licensed under these schemes. The requirements referred to in the Manual are mandatory.

See: Food Safety Scheme Manual: Summary of changes (September 2025) (PDF, 109 KB) 

The Manual

NSW Food Safety Schemes Manual

Appendix 1: Microbiological testing

Appendix 2: Listeria monocytogenes limits in ready-to-eat (RTE) food

Appendix 3: Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in the food processing environment: a guide for developing an environmental monitoring program

Appendix 4: Environmental swabbing: A guide for conducting Listeria spp. environmental sampling: a guide for conducting Listeria spp. environmental sampling

Appendix 5: Use of in-pack pasteurisation to reduce the risk of Listeria contamination on ready-to-eat meats

Appendix 6: Salmonella Enteritidis testing for egg producers 

Forms

• Application to vary ready-to-eat (RTE) product testing – QA025
• Notify a pathogen detection
• Notify a residue detection (dairy)
• Notify a laboratory result