Food safety is something we take for granted. Ingredients match what is on the label — of course they do. And food won’t make you sick, not here. These are constant comforts in Australia. It’s when we go abroad that we pack the Imodium.
But much food consumed in Australia comes from overseas. What we eat is safe only to the extent our systems succeed in keeping the bad stuff out.
And our systems are working overtime. The Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry (DAFF) publishes a monthly report on the foods it stopped at the border and the reason why.