Safety Assurance for Food Establishment (SAFE) Framework

How is SAFE an improvement over the existing grading framework?

Under the existing grading system, food establishments are graded based on an annual assessment. This provides a snapshot of an establishment’s food safety standards at the point of assessment. However, it does not adequately reflect whether these standards are consistently maintained.

The SAFE framework will provide a better representation of the food establishments’ consistent efforts in ensuring food safety. Under the SAFE framework, food establishments that have demonstrated good track record of food safety assurance and/or have in place systems and processes to ensure food safety will be assigned better grades.

SFA has been engaging the industry on the design of the SAFE framework. We have incorporated feedback from the industry and kept the intent of recognising food establishments with a consistent record of good food safety performance. More details on the framework and its implementation will be announced at a later date.