About Food Safety Practice AU
Food Safety Practice AU is a free study resource that helps Australian food handlers and Food Safety Supervisors prepare for their food safety assessment — the SITXFSA005 Use hygienic practices for food safety and SITXFSA006 Participate in safe food handling practices units, plus the state-based food handler and supervisor requirements that sit on top of them.
We built this site because the official assessment matters but the preparation around it is often thin, scattered, or locked behind paywalls. Workers in hospitality, retail, aged care, childcare and school canteens are frequently asked to sit a food safety test at short notice, with little idea of what the questions look like. Our goal is simple: give every food worker in Australia a realistic, no-sign-up way to practise until they walk into the real assessment confident.
What we offer
The core of the site is a bank of 650 exam-style questions covering the twelve knowledge areas assessed in Australian food safety units: food standards and law, the role of the food handler, temperature control and the danger zone, cross-contamination, personal hygiene, cleaning and sanitising, allergen management, food storage, pest control, HACCP and food safety programs, Food Safety Supervisor duties, and high-risk foods. Around 40% of the bank is written as workplace scenario questions — the situational style that real assessors favour — rather than simple recall. Every question gives instant feedback and a plain-English explanation, so practising doubles as learning.
Alongside the practice test we publish a study guide, exam tips, a food safety glossary, a temperature danger-zone checker, printable flashcards, and state-by-state pages explaining the specific rules in NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, ACT, NT and TAS.
How our questions are written and reviewed
Every question is written in-house by our editorial team and mapped to the performance criteria and required knowledge of the SITXFSA005/006 units and the Food Standards Code (Standards 3.2.2, 3.2.2A and 3.2.3). Our process is:
- Source first. We draft each question against a primary source — the Food Standards Code, FSANZ guidance, or the published requirements of the relevant state or territory food authority — not against other quiz sites.
- Write for the assessment, not for trivia. Temperatures, timeframes and procedures match what Australian assessors actually test (for example, the 5 °C–60 °C danger zone and the 2-hour/4-hour rule), and we favour realistic workplace scenarios.
- Explain every answer. Each item includes the reasoning and the rule behind the correct option, so a wrong answer becomes a learning moment.
- Review and date. Content is reviewed against current standards and carries a "last reviewed" date. When rules change — such as the September 2025 strengthening of FSS and food-handler training requirements in NSW — we update the affected pages.
Our editorial standards
We aim to be accurate, current and genuinely useful. Where Australian law differs from overseas practice (US ServSafe temperatures, for instance, are in Fahrenheit and reflect a different danger zone), we use the Australian figures. Where requirements differ by state, we say so rather than giving a single national answer that would be wrong for half our readers. We correct mistakes promptly — if you spot one, our contact page is the fastest way to tell us.
Who this is for
Cooks, kitchen hands, baristas, café and restaurant staff, supermarket and deli workers, aged-care and childcare food handlers, school-canteen volunteers, and anyone stepping up to the Food Safety Supervisor role. Whether you are sitting an RTO assessment, an employer induction quiz, or a council-required course, the knowledge tested is the same — and practising it here is free.
What we are — and what we are not
Food Safety Practice AU is an independent study aid. We are not a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), and completing our practice tests does not issue a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment or any official certificate. To get certified you must complete an accredited course with an RTO; our find a course page explains your options. We are not affiliated with FSANZ, state or territory health departments, or any government body. Our content is written in line with the SITXFSA005/006 competency standards to mirror what you will be assessed on, but it is general guidance only.