Safe Food Connexions was founded by Frances Warnock in 2008, to promote better approaches to food safety education and managing risks.   

               

Frances Warnock is a qualified food technologist, nutritionist and educator with a wealth of experience in the highly specialised field of food safety education and strategic communications. She has some 30 years experience in the food, nutrition and health promotion fields. 

Frances began her career lecturing in Food Science and Nutrition at Regency College of TAFE in Adelaide, which provided a solid grounding to understand the education and training needs of food industry. Eight years later, she joined the CSIRO's Division of Human Nutrition to work as a science communicator. In 1988, Frances returned home to Sydney and after spending time working in public health nutrition, she took up a new appointment at  the UNSW Food Industry Development Centre as Assistant Dirctor. This role became a stepping stone for her selection by food industry leaders to take up the position of inaugural Scientific Director, Australian Food Foundation in 1991. 

During 5 years in this prominent role, Frances became one of Australia's most respected  media spokespeople on food safety and nutrition. She played a central role in informing consumers about the safety of Australian fresh and processed foods by developing sound scientifically-based education programs. Frances also forged strong strategic relationships between key stakeholders from industry and government to ensure consistent messages on food safety and nutrition for consumers. 

It is therefore not surprising that in 1996 she made the important decision to set up an independent consultancy practice specialising in food safety and nutrition communications. Frances has been privileged to steer the development and implementation of several  high profile national public communication programs, including directing Australia's first Food Safety Awareness Week, CSIRO's Gene Technology Public Information Program, establishing the Australian Food and Vegetables Coalition, and the Australian horticulture industry's flagship program, Fresh Produce Watch. 

From 2005 Frances broadened her business portfolio to work on international food safety education projects in developing countries for organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Australian Business Volunteers (ABV). 

Frances Warnock is a keen writer and has produced numerous industry and consumer publications, including a book on food safety and hygiene titled, "What you don't Know, CAN hurt you!" She is an experienced media spokesperson with regular guest appearances on popular national television shows and radio programs in Australia.