4.1 million Australians are affected by a foodborne illness each year. Foodborne illness can result in gastroenteritis, non-gastrointestinal illness (such as hepatitis), serious long-term health effects (such as reactive arthritis or irritable bowel syndrome), and occasionally death. Incidences of Salmonella and Campylobacter have increased according to recent studies. These [...]
The digital age is here, and the cleaning industry must adapt and embrace the solutions being provided, explains Virtual Mgr managing director Anil Patel. Commercial cleaning continues to grow exponentially year-on-year with technology impacting the sector significantly. Analysts forecast the industry to grow at a Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of approximately 4.67 per cent [...]
Victorian cleaners are rejoicing after the Fair Work Ombudsman manages to recover $37,754 for 23 cleaners for underpaying of toilet cleaning allowances. This case isn’t the only one thats appearing in the media with news of employees being underpaid in accordance with the Cleaning Services Award 2010. WA is under scrutiny with near record-breaking fines […]
The Victoria Department of Health have released a new draft paper that outlines the legislative requirements for remote monitoring of Food Storage Temperatures. The paper sets the industry benchmark on Remote Monitoring until another state documents higher requirements. This paper highlights the way forward for the industry to move towards software platforms to assist with […]
The Virtual Manager team is always working on building innovative and practical new features to add value to our systems. We have three new exciting features for our existing applications and here’s how they can be helpful to you. Product Ordering Product ordering is essential when it comes to managing supplies/products for multiple sites. It […]
Food safety professionals are faced with several challenges that mainly centre around providing consumers with safe and premium quality food. Whilst at the same time managing costs and maintaining profitability. On the safety front, challenges occur predominantly in the form of compliance. With ever-expanding regulatory, non-regulatory and customer-based requirements, challenges [...]
