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Single Use Items - Are single-use items protected from contamination and not reused?

Guidance		Standard 3.2.2 cl 23 requires a food business take all practical measures to ensure single-use items do not come into contact with food or a person’s mouth if they are: contaminated; or reasonably suspected of being contaminated. In relation to single-use items that are intended to come into contact with food or a person’s mouth, a food business must: take all practical measures to protect them from the likelihood of contamination until use; and not reuse such items. Examples of single-use items include disposable chopsticks, paper napkins, plastic take away containers and plastic utensils.
Non-compliance	Minor	Single use items are maintained clean but are stored with a low risk of contamination. E.g. single use cups stored in a box on the storeroom floor.
	Major	Single use items stored with a high risk of contamination. E.g. single use drinking straws stored below the cleaners sink. Single use items found contaminated. E.g. chop sticks found with visible food matter or other contaminant on them. Single use items are being reused for food storage. E.g. single use takeaway containers used multiple times to store foods.
	Critical	Food business is reusing single use items. E.g. plastic chopsticks are washed and reused between customers.