Food safety inspections for the years 2014, 2015, 2016

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Nigel Gladstone

Dear Local Council,

Can you please provide me with the number of food safety inspections carried out in your area annually, for the last three years?

How many warning were issued each year and how many fines each year?

What percentage of all food outlets did the council inspect each year?

Have any outlets been shut down for non-compliance and if so what for and how many?

What were the worst offences/biggest fines for each year?

Yours faithfully,

Nigel Gladstone

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Nigel,

I refer to your Informal GIPA request below for information on food safety inspections. Please find below information from the Food Regulation Partnership Activity Reports sent from Shoalhaven City Council Council to the NSW Food Authority.

For the 2015-2016 reporting period:

686 primary inspections were conducted for fixed food premises.
60 primary inspections were conducted for temporary food premises. 219 temporary food premises operated in the Council area.
85 primary inspections were conducted for mobile food premises. 80 mobile food premises operated in the Council area.

632 high and medium risk, fixed premises food business were inspected of 632 total (466 high risk and 166 medium risk) businesses. 41 of these fixed premises food businesses required reinspection. 10 fixed premises food businesses required additional re-inspections.

236 warnings were issued.
27 Improvement Notices were issued.
3 Penalty Notices were issued.
0 seizure notices were issued
2 Prohibition Orders were served
0 Prosecutions were determined relating to Food Act Breaches.

For the 2014-2015 reporting period:

1165 primary inspections were conducted for fixed food premises.
Information on mobile and temporary food premises was not submitted in the 2014/2015 activity report.

622 high and medium risk, fixed premises food business were inspected of 622 total (474 high risk and 148 medium risk). 76 of these fixed premises food businesses required reinspection. 15 of these fixed premises food businesses required reinspection.

187 warnings were issued.
11 Improvement Notices were issued.
12 Penalty Notices were issued relating to Food Act breaches.
0 seizure notices were issued.
2 Prohibition orders were served
0 Prosecutions were determined relating to Food Act Breaches.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Regards

Michael Goldsmith
Information Officer - GIPA
Shoalhaven City Council
(02) 4429 3530  
Bridge Rd (PO Box 42) Nowra NSW 2541
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www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au

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Sent: Friday, 28 October 2016 2:42 PM
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Subject: Government Information (Public Access) request - Food safety inspections for the years 2014, 2015, 2016

Dear Local Council,

Can you please provide me with the number of food safety inspections carried out in your area annually, for the last three years?

How many warning were issued each year and how many fines each year?

What percentage of all food outlets did the council inspect each year?

Have any outlets been shut down for non-compliance and if so what for and how many?

What were the worst offences/biggest fines for each year?

Yours faithfully,

Nigel Gladstone

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Nigel Gladstone

Dear Michael Goldsmith,

Thank you very much for this information.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone