Manage food safety, people and workplace risks — then connect the right learning and evidence.
A practical starting point for New Zealand food and hospitality employers. Start with the food rules that apply to your business, then organise workplace safety, people, training, customer information and evidence around the way you actually operate.
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Run your employer compliance check
Review your Food Act pathway, food-safety controls, allergens, workplace risks, staff capability and verification evidence. Results identify areas to review; they do not certify compliance.
Start the check →Where should I start?
Follow these five steps in order if you are setting up or reviewing your workplace compliance approach. You can return here whenever you need to find your next step.
New here? Start at Step 1. Already managing a system? Jump to the step that matches what you need to work on today.
What do I need to manage?
Food businesses do not all operate under the same Food Act requirements. Start by identifying the plan, programme or other regime that applies to your activities, then work through the management areas below.
Food safety & registration
Identify the Food Act rules that apply, registration pathway, food safety controls and verification requirements.
Start the manager check →Health, safety & risk
Manage workplace risks such as slips, burns, cuts, manual handling, equipment and other risks arising from the work.
Start the manager check →People & employment records
Keep employment agreements, wage and time records, leave information and workforce records organised.
Start the manager check →Training & food-handling capability
Connect staff learning and supervision to the food safety procedures, equipment and workplace risks relevant to their work.
Start the manager check →Allergens & customer information
Manage food information, allergen controls and communication using the requirements that apply to the food you sell.
Start the manager check →Alcohol & licensed premises
Where alcohol is sold or supplied, identify the licence, certified-manager and host-responsibility requirements that apply. Businesses that do not sell alcohol can skip this pathway.
Start the manager check →Records & verification evidence
Keep the records required by your food safety regime and useful evidence of actions, checks and follow-up.
Start the manager check →Not sure where to begin? Start with Food Safety & Registration. MPI's My Food Rules tool is the authoritative starting point for identifying which food rules apply to your activities.
What does your workforce need to know and do?
Food, Beverage & Hospitality Learning Pathway
Connect induction, food safety, hygiene and workplace-risk learning to each person's actual duties.
Browse food & hospitality learning →Training & supervision
Check that staff understand and can follow the procedures relevant to their work, with suitable supervision where needed.
Open manager guide →Individual courses
Open the Food, Beverage & Hospitality catalogue when you already know which learning a worker needs.
Browse courses →