What not to do!!!! Week 34

What was busted this week and what were they caught doing? The things you should look out for. The NSW Food Authority publishes lists of businesses that have breached or are alleged to have breached NSW food safety laws.

GRAND TOTAL $20,350

A Glebe restaurant was fined $1,760 by a Local Court for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Spicy Sichuan Restaurant

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain all fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warning given.
• Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warning given.

Penalties

• $880
• $880

Total: $1,760

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A Chatswood bakery was fined $1,760 by a Local Court for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Vina Bakehouse

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain premises, fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness.
• Fail to maintain easily accessible hand washing facilities on the food premises - hand wash basin obstructed.
• Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - live cockroaches observed.
• Fail to store food in such a way that it is protected from the likelihood of contamination.

Penalties

• $440
• $440
• $440
• $440

Total: $1,760

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A Chatswood club was fined $2,640 by a Local Court for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Chatswood RSL Club

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Food for sale past its use-by date - cream and skim milk.
• Food for sale past its use-by date - smoked turkey breast.
• Fail to maintain all fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness.

Penalties:

• $880
• $880
• $880

Total: $2,640

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A Bathurst restaurant was fined $1,320 by a Local Court for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: The Schnitzel Bar

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - live and dead cockroaches observed, previous warnings given.
• Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warnings given.
• Fail to maintain all fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $440
• $440
• $440

Total: $1,320

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A Sydney business was fined $3,740 by a Local Court for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Neo Tokyo Clothing Pty Ltd

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food that is packaged or labelled in a way that falsely describes the food - Best Share Green Coffee sold on internet - packaged/labelled as beverage which is effective for weight loss without side effect and dependency.
• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - Best Share Green Coffee sold on internet - labelled with a claim for intrinsic weight reducing properties.
• Sale of unsuitable food - Best Share Green Coffee sold on internet - contained chemical agent, sibutramine, foreign to nature of the food.

Penalties:

• $1,540
• $880
• $1,320

Total: $3,740

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A Sydney business was fined $3,960 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Emma Vita Pty Ltd

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - Leptin Green Coffee 800, Pure Black and Weight Loss Chocolate - fail to identify country of manufacture or country imported from, previous warning given.
• Fail to label on a package of food the name and business address of the supplier - Leptin Green Coffee 800, Pure Black and Weight Loss Chocolate, previous warning given.
• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - Leptin Green Coffee 800, Pure Black and Weight Loss Chocolate - labelled as a slimming food with intrinsic weight reducing claims
• Sale of unsuitable food - Shift Slimming Coffee contained chemical agent, sibutramine, foreign to nature of the food.

Penalties:

• $880
• $880
• $880
• $1,320

Total: $3,960

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A Castle Hill business was fined $5,170 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Massage Solutions

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - Moti Angel Coffee product sold without name and address of supplier.
• Use misleading or deceptive advertising, packaging, or labelling of food - Moti Angel Coffee labelled as having no side effects, a claim for weight reducing elements.
• Sale of unsuitable food - Moti Angel Coffee contained chemical agent, sibutramine, foreign to nature of the food.
• Use misleading or deceptive advertising, packaging, or labelling of food - Moti Angel Coffee labelled as having no side effects, a claim for weight reducing elements.
• Sale of unsuitable food - Moti Angel Coffee contained chemical agent, sibutramine, foreign to nature of the food.

Penalties:

• $880
• $1,540
• $1,320
• $770
• $660

Total: $5,170

Source: NSW Food Authority