Sectors of the AFI
A sector of the AFI
What is...
Agriculture and Fisheries
Food Processing and Manufacturing
Food Service and Catering
Food Retail
This farming method avoids synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, using crop rotation to build soil health.
What is organic farming?
A level of operation
What is....
Household
Small Business
Large Company
Multinational
Federal body that develops the Food Standards Code
What is FSANZ?
Jobs such as machine operators, electricians, and food scientists belong to this AFI sector.
What is the food processing and manufacturing sector?
The sector that involves the production of raw materials such as crops, livestock, and fish for use in processing, retail, or catering
What is Agriculture and Fisheries
This fruit sticker slows microbial growth to keep produce fresher for longer.
What is StixFresh?
This system identifies hazards in food production and sets controls to ensure food safety
What is HACCP
This level of government appoints Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) to inspect food premises and enforce hygiene standards.
What is local government?
A short-term benefit of using ecologically sustainable production methods, such as renewable energy or reduced chemical use, is this.
What is reducing carbon emissions?
Enhancing a product to increase its shelf life or selling price
What is value-adding
This gene-editing technology removes undesirable traits to create pest-resistant or faster-growing crops.
What is biotechnology (CRISPR)?
Jobs such as chef, barista, or events coordinator belong to this food industry sector.
What is the food service and catering sector?
Food regulation in Australia is shared across three levels of government. Name them.
What are federal, state, and local government?
The food service and catering sector of the AFI is most affected by this workplace cost, which applies to weekends, nights, and public holidays.
What are penalty rates?
The chain of events in food production and supply, moving from production to processing, trading, distribution, and consumption.
What is agri-food chain?
Foods created through biotechnology, such as pest-resistant canola, are known as this.
What are genetically modified foods?
To reduce waste from imperfect produce, Woolworths launched this initiative, encouraging consumers to buy misshapen fruits and vegetables.
What is Odd Bunch
If a packaged food contains undeclared allergens, a recall must be issued. Besides removing the food from sale, businesses must also do what?
What is notify the government and inform the public?
A food manufacturer discovers contamination in a product sold nationally. The advisory group they must work with to manage the food recall is this.
What is FSANZ?
Provides consumer access to food, creates jobs, drives trends like organics and gluten-free, and generates profits that support the economy.
What is Food Retail
This approach to farming reduces chemical use, lowers carbon emissions, and promotes biodiversity.
What is ecologically sustainable production?
Stereotypes about strength and leadership in the AFI result in women being underrepresented in management and men dominating physically demanding roles. This highlights what workplace issue?
What is the gender gap?
This law protects consumers by regulating product safety, labelling, pricing, and fair competition in the food industry.
What is the Competition and Consumer Act 2010?
This 1992 federal Act ensures imported food meets strict safety standards through the Imported Food Inspection Scheme.
What is the Imported Food Control Act 1992?