Video of a Melbourne Uber Eats driver munching on a hot chip has sparked calls for greater food safety practices from the food delivery giant.

Security footage obtained by Triple M’s Hot Breakfast shows the delivery man reaching into a brown paper bag while waiting for a customer to come to the door and collect their order last Monday night.

He then withdraws a large, golden French fry from the bag and gobbles it down.

The driver was caught sampling the delicious order. (Triple M)

It remains unclear whether the driver chowed down on more chips on the drive to the home in the city’s inner-east.

Hot Breakfast host Eddie McGuire said the customer, a friend of his, alerted him to the video, telling him: “you need to look at this one”.

Hospitality worker Stuart Cameron assists restaurants with social media, with many outlets telling him food from online delivery services go missing and there’s little they can do.

“The drivers are just cancelling the orders, then the customers are ringing the restaurants to say, ‘Where’s my food’,” Mr Cameron said.

He said drivers need to be better educated around food safety.

Uber Eats said drivers who tamper with their delivery can risk losing access to the app. (9NEWS)

“I think there needs to be some sort of regulation in place, maybe staff need to go through training.”

The footage has left many people disgusted, with one describing the driver as a “pig”.

“It’s not on. If someone took a bite out of my roll just before I was about to eat it, I wouldn’t be too happy,” they said.

In a statement, Uber Eats said drivers are “expected to comply with its community guidelines or risk losing access to the app for tampering”.