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Keeping food safe

Translated fact sheets and a video to show you how to keep food safe to eat.

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Storing food in the fridge

Our translated resources show where to put different types of food in your fridge. They also include advice on how long you can safely store food.

  • Amharic [PDF 365.71 KB]
  • Arabic [PDF 237.98 KB]
  • Dari  [PDF 243.66 KB]
  • Dinka (food safety) [MP3 4846.06 KB] - audio file
  • English [PDF 126.51 KB]
  • Farsi [PDF 239.76 KB]
  • French [PDF 131.97 KB]
  • Karen [PDF 769.77 KB]
  • Kirundi (food safety) [MP3 6167 KB] - audio file
  • Kurdish - Kurmanji [PDF 306.04 KB]
  • Kurdish - Sorani [PDF 356.46 KB]
  • Somali [PDF 398.1 KB]
  • Swahili [PDF 403.72 KB]
  • Tigrinya [PDF 361.11 KB]

Food safety video

This video uses simple English and pictures to explain basic food safety steps. It's for people who are new to buying and cooking food in Australia.

  • Watch the Keeping food safe video on Vimeo.

Last updated: July 2024

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