What not to do! Week 12

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: $31,460

 

 

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

Trade Name: Banoful Restaurant And Sweets

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to store potentially hazardous food under temperature control - butter chicken and lamb curry.
• Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - cockroach activity observed.

Penalties

• $880
• $880

Total: $1,760

 

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A Potts Point establishment was fined $1,760 by a Local Court for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Bella Vita Guilt Free

Nature and circumstance of offence:

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

Penalties

• $880
• $880

Total: $1,760

 

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

Trade Name: Bourke's First Quality Meats

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to comply with the requirements of a food safety scheme - fail to take all practicable measures to prevent pests entering the food premises - previous warnings given.
• Fail to comply with the requirements of a food safety scheme - fail to maintain - premises, fixtures, fittings and equipment to a standard of cleanliness, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $660
• $660

Total: $1,320

 

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A Castlecrag takeaway was fined $880 by a Local Court for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Chargrilled Chicken Castlecrag

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain premises, fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warnings given.
• Fail to display potentially hazardous food under temperature control - roast beef, lasagne, pasta and fried chicken wings, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $440
• $440

Total: $880

 

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A Weston restaurant was fined $2,640 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Miner's Lamp Restaurant

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain at or near each hand washing facility a supply of - soap.
• Fail to maintain at or near each hand washing facility a supply of - single use hand towels.
• Fail to store food in such a way that it is protected from the likelihood of contamination - uncovered vegetables stored beneath raw meat in coolroom, uncovered food stored on coolroom floor.

Penalties:

• $880
• $880
• $880

Total: $2,640

 

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An Ashfield market was fined $2,640 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Ming's Fish and Meat Market

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to comply with the requirements of a food safety scheme - premises not maintained to a standard of cleanliness, previous warnings given.
• Fail to comply with the requirements of a food safety scheme - fail to prevent the harbourage of pests, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $1,320
• $1,320

Total: $2,640

 

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A Sydney business was fined $1,760 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Moochi Natural Frozen Yogurt

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to provide information to purchaser where nutirional claims have been made - previous warning given.
• Fail to provide information to purchaser where nutirional claims have been made.

Penalties:

• $880
• $880

Total: $1,760

 

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A Newtown bar was fined $1,540 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Newscaf Espresso Bar

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to appoint a Food Safety Supervisor - previous warning given.
• Fail to maintain all fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness.

Penalties:

• $660
• $880

Total: $1,540

 

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A Eastgardens restaurant was fined $3,520 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Noodle And Dumpling Canteen

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain easily accessible hand washing facilities on the food premises - hand wash basin obstructed, no single use hand towels, previous warning given.
• Fail to ensure food contact surfaces of equipment are in a clean and sanitary condition - previous warning given.
• Fail to store food in such a way that it is protected from the likelihood of contamination - previous warning given.
• Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warning given.

Penalties:

• $880
• $880
• $880
• $880   

Total: $3,520

 

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A Matraville establishment was fined $1,760 for several breaches of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Poppy's Place

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - rodent activity observed.
• Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness.

Penalties:

• $880
• $880

Total: $1,760

 

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A Yamba business was fined $1,540 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Gorman's Big Oyster

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - Prawns labelled as Yamba king prawns, product of Australia - when in fact was imported from Thailand, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $1,540

Total: $1,540

 

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A Chipping Norton bakery was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Baking Company Oceania Pty Ltd

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to store food in such a way that it is protected from the likelihood of contamination - challa bread stored on driveway.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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A Sydney restaurant was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Haymarket Chinese Restaurant

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - cockroach activity observed, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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A Merrylands establishment was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Hilltop Fruit

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - packaged items for sale without labelling, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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An Eastgardens restaurant was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Charlie Chan's

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain at or near each hand washing facility a supply of - soap and warm running water, hand wash basin obstructed.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

 

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A Villawood café was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Christina Cafe

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain at or near each hand washing facility a supply of - warm running water, previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

 

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A Chatswood restaurant was fined $1,540 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Makanai Ramen Noodle House

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of unsafe food - cooked pickled eggs contaminated with Salmonella Singapore.

Penalties:

• $1,540

Total: $1,540

 

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A Katoomba establishment was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Tokyo Sushi Katoomba

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to store potentially hazardous food under temperature control - previous warning given.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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An Orange business was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: The Orange Meat Market

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food that fails to comply with the Food Standards Code - sale of meat described as thick sausage containing illegal level of sulphur dioxide preservative.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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A Chatswood bar was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Strike Bowling Bar

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to store food in such a way that it is protected from the likelihood of contamination - mouldy capsicum stored beside fresh vegetables, previous warning given.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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An Auburn business was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Punjab Spice Market

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Sale of food labelled in contravention to Food Standards Code - Kukure Masala Munch sold with altered date marking.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

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A Strathfield business was fined $880 for a breach of food safety laws below.

Trade Name: Paradise Biriyani

Nature and circumstance of offence:

• Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warnings given.

Penalties:

• $880

Total: $880

 

 

Source: NSW Food Authority