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Food Safety Training Solutions and Services for High-Performance People and Food Companies.

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Food Safety

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Our expert-led food safety training courses help people and companies succeed. We offer food safety certificate training, HACCP courses including Refresher HACCP and Advanced HACCP Training, Introduction to Auditing and GMP Training, plus Pasteurization, Quality Assurance, and Halal Training as well as a range of technical courses. Our certificates are accepted by MPI, all Councils & Verifiers. We train from farm to fork across all food sectors as well as ECE, schools, healthcare and pharmaceuticals.

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Food Safety

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Our specialist food safety services add value and improve operations for food businesses across NZ and the global food supply chain. Our food safety solutions include customised food safety training, HACCP certification servicesArtificial Intelligence and Internal Auditing. We operate to global best practice, and our services proactively manage non-compliances, health risks, and governance processes. We have wide professional collaboratory networks across Australia, Asia, Africa, and the European Union.

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Approved by all councils and verifiers, and covers all regions of New Zealand. Ideal for small and big businesses including cafes, restaurants, food services, ECE – early child care centres, supermarkets, home-food businesses, job-seekers, aged care, hospitals, food manufacturing companies plus yachts, ships and rigs. Online and On-site Food Safety Certificate Training available.

Our Basic Food Safety & Hygiene Certificate Course is NZQA-approved and includes:

  • Food Business Essentials and Audit Success
  • Personal Hygiene and Illness Control
  • Allergen Awareness and Management
  • Food Safety Science and HACCP Critical Control Points
  • Food Control Plans (FCP) + Latest Records
  • LegislationFSANZ Code, Food Act 2014, Food Regulations 2015
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About Us

Food Safe’s scope extends from farm to fork across all food sectors – including dairy, seafood, meat, produce, hospitality, supermarket retail, and processing. We provide comprehensive coverage of purpose-built training, auditing, and quality assurance solutions for your business.

Food Safe is a Category 1 Private Training Establishment (PTE) that has been granted registration by the New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) under Part 18 of the Education Act 1989.

NZQA External Evaluation and Review (EER) status:

  • Highly Confident in Education Performance
  • Highly Confident in Capability in Self-Assessment
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Food Safe on Air

Food Safe continues to make quiet progress and is proud to have partnered and trained with a number of performance-fuelled organisations and global brands.

The Food Safe team takes immense pride to be in such exclusive company worldwide. We provide a range of highly technical training skills from Operator Verification of Pasteurization all the way up to Governance Skills at a Board of Directors level.

We have further progressed our Artificial Intelligence Solutions & Intuitive Audits © for clients. We have been invited to attend major conferences, present papers, and share learning about our best practice initiatives. Intuitive audits simply mean warrants of fitness for any business related to their food safety management systems. Click here to view our case for collaboration.

Food Safe continues to receive consistent, market-leading feedback about our food safety NZ training courses.

Click here to see how we work with companies! We offer a range of training courses for businesses operating across the food and related sectors in New Zealand, including Food Safety Certificate, Food Safety Training, HACCP Training, HACCP Refresher Training, Advanced HACCP Training, Halal Training, Allergen Management Training, CIP Training, Heat Treatment Training, Dryer Safety, and Dust Explosion Training, Introduction to Auditing Skills Training, cGMP Training, Food Safety Culture Training, and Internal Auditing. We also offer customised food safety training to suit specific business needs.

 We are a 100% Kiwi-owned and operated company

Companies we work with

Food Safe’s Quality Assurance

Meets Global Codex & MPI Standards

Category 1 Rated NZQA Registered PTE

Training by ISO 22000 Qualified Experts

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Dox Love
4 days ago
Our trainer Keith Michaels was so welcoming with his manaakitanga from the moment the Zoom link began for me. Heading straight into a whanaungatanga session, it was the perfect introduction to the program.

Always personalizing the information so that the nuances that were relevant to us pending our reason for attending, was the perfect approach for my learning.

Keith was inclusive, informative, and has the extensive experience to not only support upcoming business owners like myself, but also able to always put the learning into a perspective that was relevant for us. Mindful.

The session was great - I would recommend Food Safe to anyone that needs to be certified also.
The mixture of media to assist with our learning was awesome too. In my opinion, variety in a learning environment always helps - well done!

Thank you for all the insightful knowledge that was shared today - links and all.
See you again in 3yrs🤗
Karlena Allen
4 days ago
Great experience doing a course online, Teacher was well spoken and had alot of knowledge to share.
Vishal Dobariya
3 weeks ago
I completed my Food Safety training today with Food Safe. The tutor had excellent knowledge and explained everything clearly according to our individual requirements.

In our online class, there were participants from different backgrounds — some were bakery owners making cookies, some were working on ship vessels, and others were from retail and takeaway businesses. The tutor explained the material according to each person’s role, which made it very helpful and easy to understand.

I would highly recommend this training to others.
Megan Savageau
1 month ago
An excellent online food safety course delivered by Keith Michael at Food Safe. Clear, engaging, inclusive, and easy to understand, with information that’s genuinely helpful and well tailored, Keith’s teaching style is supportive and fun, making the whole process enjoyable. Highly recommend!
I felt great about today's training. It wasn't as difficult as I thought.
Joy Lincoln
2 months ago
I found the food safe course very informative, interesting and above all enjoyable. Highly recommend it to anyone in the food industry.
Maria brown
2 months ago
the course was good for any experience level, Keith was light hearted and very good at explaining and making examples of certain topics,. What I found helpful was that its not pressuring and not a huge class if your someone who gets nervous.
Patrick
2 months ago
Keith was a superb instructor. Kept it fun and informative
Grace Biddle
2 months ago
Great course, amazing teacher! Highly recommend
Holly x
2 months ago
I throughly enjoyed this course. I appreciated that Keith (course leader) took time to understand each participants needs, and then incorporated them into the lesson. Good for people starting new in the industry, or as a refresher for those who have completed before, there were a mix of people in our session and those who had completed prior spoke of new learnings, and as someone with limited prior knowledge, I took a lot from it.
Amelia Butler
2 months ago
It was fun and very helpful this was a refresher for me,I learnt a few new things. Keith is an awesome teacher!
My name is Helen from Nigeria.

Great training. The tutor is very helpful in understanding what you need to know about Food Safety and the Food Control Plan.

Thank you
Sherry Beaumont
3 months ago
Great Course. Nice Instructor. Very informative and helpful. Great presentation.
Danielle Holz
3 months ago
Was a very good online class! Nervous at first, didn't think I was prepared, but the tutor done at awsome job at explaining and making it an easy, comfortable and humourous learning experience ☺️
Rikkilee Ridley
3 months ago
Keith is a great Trainer to work with he was really kind, inmormative, personable and really engaging which made it fun and easy to learn with. I would recommend him as a food safe Trainer in a heartbeat.
Jeanette Green
3 months ago
Great training today.. Great teacher learned alot.. thank you
Sanjay Rohit
4 months ago
Keith micheal was a brilliant tutor. Amazing able to grasp everything well. Great learning and warm vibe
Aimz Birch
4 months ago
Easy to work with and follow. For someone who has anxiety Keith made the learning experience easy and chilled with a few laughs along the way. A big thank you to Keith Michael.
Renee Hetet-Cook
4 months ago
Very easy to follow along, we just kept our mics muted and listened to the instructor and it was very helpful.
Angelina McLeod
4 months ago
Faster pace than what I'm used to. Missed some information when I was writing due to my dyslexia. Was very interesting to learn different things that I needed to know.
hafsa khan
4 months ago
Such an amazing session! Thank you for the engaging and fun online class — it was full of useful information and easy to follow. I really enjoyed the trainer’s energy and the way everything was explained clearly. Highly recommend!
Bhebot Resultay
4 months ago
informative, not a moment boring, thanks much Keith!!!
Storm Daley
4 months ago
Such a straight forward course, learnt so many new information!!
Estelle Wilson
5 months ago
The Food Safe online training was an excellent experience Keith our trainer demonstrated extensive knowledge and provided informative guidance throughout the session. He was very helpful addressing each individual's needs and ensuring everyone understood the material. I highly recommend this online course.
Nicola McKerchar
6 months ago
Great general course! Easily explained and course leader incorporates your particular situation into the learning so you really get a taylormade learning experience.
Nic Bain
6 months ago
I recently completed the Food Safe Food Safety and Hygiene course and found it incredibly worthwhile. The content was clear, well-structured, and very easy to follow, even for people with little prior knowledge. The trainer, Keith, explained everything in a practical, real-world way, and I came away with a much better understanding of safe food handling practices and the legal requirements.

I really appreciated how interactive and engaging the course was — it didn’t feel like just ticking a box, but actually gave me confidence in applying what I learned. The materials and examples were relevant, and I now feel much more prepared to keep both customers and my workplace safe.

Highly recommend this course to anyone working with food, whether you’re just starting out or looking to refresh your certification.
Toby C
6 months ago
It was definitely an experience to go through, at first I was extremly board but as time went on I got into it and I surprised myself because I enjoyed it
Glen McLachlan
6 months ago
Very thorough course delivered in very easy to understand terms.
Grace Metotisi
6 months ago
It was informative and interesting. Keith is a good tutor
Amanda Mohi
6 months ago
I really enjoyed this training, at a great pace and wasn't boring
Great course instructor, easy to follow content, enjoyable
Thank you
Georgina Katipa
6 months ago
Was a brilliant class. A lot of useful information, and also the tutor was great at engaging with everyone.
Kate Toy
6 months ago
Keith Michael was super nice and welcoming! He makes the Food safe course feel engaging and very easy to understand!
Paul Leha
6 months ago
Keith was exceptional in all aspects of his teachings. Very sound knowledge in Food Safety & Hygiene, Excellent Refresher. Thanks Team.
Joanna Newman
6 months ago
Very friendly, knowledgeable and fun.
Thank you for a great experience today.
I felt like i was in good hands the whole time and he personalised the training for all of us.
I would recommend training with Keith anytime.
Ellie Nicholson
6 months ago
Just finished my Basic Food Safety and Hygiene certificate with Keith and he was amazing! Super knowledgeable and passionate, which made the whole course really engaging. I mentioned I was doing it for superyachts and he made sure to tie everything back to that, while still keeping it relevant for everyone. Couldn’t recommend the course more!
Jasmine Stevens
7 months ago
Keith is an awesome tutor! Very welcoming and made the online class a great experience to be apart of. Easy to understand and covered all details which gave us the confidence to use what we learnt today to put into practice straight away!
Thank you so much for your time 10/10

Nga mihi-Jas
Gary Renshaw
7 months ago
I thought that the training course was very good and Kieth was very helpful and very knowledgeable about how the training course works and engaged with all the students

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