Name & Shame list grows across NSW

26 May 2009

Seventeen food outlets from Lithgow to Taree will appear on the Government’s name and shame list for food law breaches this week, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said today.

"Today’s list shows it’s not just restaurants in big metropolitan centres that can expect to be fined, named and shamed if they don’t do the right thing by their customers," Mr Macdonald said.

"It is illegal and wrong for food businesses to take chances with people’s health by handling and storing food wrongly and letting pests into premises.

"The public has a right to know who the offenders are, especially when the majority of restaurants and retailers do the right thing and put food safety at the top of their agendas."

From today, 1018 offences in 608 outlets in 57 council areas are listed on the Food Authority website.

Nineteen penalties in 17 outlets appear on the website this week, including:

• KFC in Victoria Street, Taree fined $660 for having an accumulation of dirt and grease in the shop.
• A noodle takeaway in Teramby Road, Nelson Bay received two fines for $330 each for having a dirty shop.
• An outlet in Great Western Highway, Marrangaroo (Lithgow) fined $330 for not maintaining a required standard of cleanliness.
• A noodle shop in Salamander Bay fined $660 for having evidence of cockroach activity in the shop.

"Currently around 50,000 inspections are carried out across NSW annually, so in practice, every food premises should be inspected at least once each year," Mr Macdonald said.

"The Food Authority and councils are determined to ensure that restaurants and food premises across the State keep their standards high."

The Name and Shame list is available at www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/penalty-notices

Also on this site

• name & shame register of penalty notices
• PDF version of this page (pdf, 49KB)
• media releases list