Food safety inspections for the years 2014, 2015, 2016

Nigel Gladstone made this Government Information (Public Access) request to Wakool, The Council of the Shire of as part of a batch sent to 149 authorities

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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

.Murray River Council Trim,

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Thanks for your recent request. I have attached a GIPA form which will need to be completed prior to Council making a decision regarding this request, as well as payment of $30 in order to process your application. Payment can be made by credit card over the phone or with a cheque or money order.

Kind regards,

 
Sandy Paterson  | Records Officer
Murray River Council | Moulamein | 20 Tualka Terrace Moulamein, NSW 2733
PO Box 21, Mathoura, NSW 2710
p  03 5887 5007  |  f  03 5887 5103

1300 087 004 | www.murrayriver.nsw.gov.au
Barham  03 5453 3200 |  Mathoura  03 5880 3500 |  Moama  03 5481 0900 |  Moulamein  03 5887 5007

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 Murray River Council and Sandy,

Many other councils do not charge for access to this information in accordance with section 8 of the GIPA Act, my request is an informal request to access information. There should be no fee attached to it, why is your council treating it differently?

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

.Murray River Council Trim,

Under the GIPA legislation a Formal access application for release of information can be applied if you are requested a large volume of information or the information you seek involves personal or business information about third parties who must be consulted before the information can be released. Applications must be in writing, and accompanied by a $30 fee.

I hope this is of some help.

Kind regards,

 
Sandy Paterson  | Records Officer
Murray River Council | Moulamein | 20 Tualka Terrace Moulamein, NSW 2733
PO Box 21, Mathoura, NSW 2710
p  03 5887 5007  |  f  03 5887 5103

1300 087 004 | www.murrayriver.nsw.gov.au
Barham  03 5453 3200 |  Mathoura  03 5880 3500 |  Moama  03 5481 0900 |  Moulamein  03 5887 5007

-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Gladstone [mailto:[FOI #2516 email]]
Sent: Monday, 31 October 2016 10:26 AM
To: .Murray River Council Trim
Subject: Re: Government Information (Public Access) request - Food safety inspections for the years 2014, 2015, 2016

Dear Murray River Council and Sandy,

Many other councils do not charge for access to this information in accordance with section 8 of the GIPA Act, my request is an informal request to access information. There should be no fee attached to it, why is your council treating it differently?

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

-----Original Message-----

Thanks for your recent request. I have attached a GIPA form which will need to be completed prior to Council making a decision regarding this request, as well as payment of $30 in order to process your application. Payment can be made by credit card over the phone or with a cheque or money order.

Kind regards,

 
Sandy Paterson  | Records Officer
Murray River Council | Moulamein | 20 Tualka Terrace Moulamein, NSW 2733 PO Box 21, Mathoura, NSW 2710 p  03 5887 5007  |  f  03 5887 5103

1300 087 004 | www.murrayriver.nsw.gov.au Barham  03 5453 3200 |  Mathoura  03 5880 3500 |  Moama  03 5481 0900 |  Moulamein  03 5887 5007

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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could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed or incomplete.

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Nigel Gladstone

Dear .Murray River Council Trim,

This request is very simple as all the information I am asking for is contained in an annual report all councils provide to the NSW food Authority. The food authority send an email form each year and it is emailed back to them. Lane Cove council had it in their document management system but if you do not you can request it from the food authority and they will email it back to you. It took about ten minutes to collate the information I am asking for according to other councils.

The Food authority will not release the forms as it is third party information so I have to request it from all councils individually. I have already received this information from several councils without the need for a GIPA or any paperwork as it is an informal request.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

Adam Garland,

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Dear Mr Gladstone

As per your request I can supply the following:

2014

Can you please provide me with the number of food safety inspections
carried out in your area annually, for the 2014 year? 48

How many warning were issued each year and how many fines each year? 0

What percentage of all food outlets did the council inspect each year?
100%

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

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

2015

Can you please provide me with the number of food safety inspections
carried out in your area annually, for the 2015 year? 59 – includes 9
temporary food stalls

How many warning were issued each year and how many fines each year? 0

What percentage of all food outlets did the council inspect each year? 
100%

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

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

2016

Can you please provide me with the number of food safety inspections
carried out in your area annually, for the 2016 year? 49

How many warning were issued each year and how many fines each year? 0

What percentage of all food outlets did the council inspect each year? 
100%

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

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

I trust the above satisfies your enquiry.

Regards,

 

 

[1]Murray River   Adam Garland  | Manager Development Services
Council Murray River Council | Barham Office | 15 Murray
Street Barham, NSW 2732
PO Box 21, Mathoura, NSW 2710
p  03 5453 3200  |  m  0458 023 661  |  f  03
5453 3122
1300 087 004 | [2]www.murrayriver.nsw.gov.au
Barham  03 5453 3200 |  Mathoura  03 5880 3500 |
 Moama  03 5481 0900 |  Moulamein  03 5887 5007

 

MURRAY RIVER COUNCIL DISCLAIMER: The information in this email is
confidential and should be read only by the individual named. If you are
not the addressee, you should not read, copy, redirect or forward this
email. Murray River Council cannot be held responsible for loss, direct or
indirect, as a result of failure to comply with this notice. The Council
advise that it is the responsibility of the recipient of this email to
scan any attached files for viruses or other bugs and that, as such, they
cannot be held liable for loss, direct or indirect, as a result of failure
of recipients to comply with this. They also advise that email
transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as
information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed or
incomplete.

 

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Nigel Gladstone

Dear Adam Garland,

Thank you for this information.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone