Food Regulation in South Australia
Administration of the South Australian Food Act 2001 (Food Act) and
Regulations is shared between the Department of Health and local
councils. The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (Food Standards
Code) is adopted under these Regulations.
This website is intended to provide information to the community
regarding successful Food Act prosecutions, the most serious action
available, undertaken by local councils and the Department of Health.
Enforcement of the Food Act
Local council Environmental Health Officers routinely inspect food
businesses for compliance with the Food Act and Food Standards Code, and
continuously work with businesses to improve standards.
The Food Act provides a wide range of enforcement options for local
councils that vary in severity and consequences, including warning
letters, expiation notices, prohibition orders and prosecution. The use
of enforcement options by local councils is proportionate and graduated
and dependent upon a wide range of factors including the compliance
history of the food business and the level of risk posed to consumers.
Information
about the administration of, and local government activities under, the
South Australian Food Act 2001 are available in the;
Food Act Annual Report 2010-11
(refer to pages 15-17 and 32-43)
Food Act
Annual Report 2009-10 (refer to pages 13-14 and 27-34)
Food Act
Annual Report 2008-09 (pdf 822KB) (refer to pages 17-18 and
32-38)
Food Act Annual Report 2007-08 (pdf 473KB)
(refer to pages 14-15 and 30-34)
Food
Act Annual Report 2006-07 (pdf 741KB) (refer to pages 26-28)
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What
will be published?
Details of businesses or individuals that have been found guilty by a
Court of a breach of the Food Act from 1 July 2009 will be published on this register.
Prosecution details will remain on the register for a period of two
years from the Court decision date.
| Trading
Name |
Address of business |
Date of
Offence |
Nature and
circumstances of offence under the Food Act 2001 |
Other /
Notes |
|
Suzette Khodair & Khodair Nominees
Pty Ltd trading as Suzette’s Gourmet Café |
540 Glynburn Road, Burnside 5066 |
30th
& 31st July 2010 |
1. Offence under S17(1)
2. Offence under S 21(1) and the Food Standards Code –
Standard 1.2.5 clause 3
3. Offence under S21(1) and the Food Standards Code –
Standard 3.2.2 clause 6(1) |
|
|
Freeling Food Works |
Shop 3, 3 Hanson Street,
Freeling 5372 |
30 July 2010 |
S21: Fail to comply with the Food
Standards Code – Standard 1.2.5, |
|
|
Rite Price
Grocery Clearance Store |
183 Philip Highway Elizabeth South SA 5112
|
22 February 2010
and
24 and 26
March 2010 |
S21(1): Contravened Standard 1.2.5,
clause 3 of the Food Standards Code |
Defendant
pleaded guilty |
|
Glenburnie Bakery - Bread Bin |
20 Harrald Street, Mount
Gambier, SA 5290 |
8 September
2008
and
7 November 2008 |
1. S21: Failed to comply with the Food Standards
Code – Food Safety Standard 3.1.1, clause 4(1) and Food Safety
Standard 3.2.2, clause 7(1)(b)(i)
2. S21: Failed to comply with the Food Standards Code – Food
Safety Standard 3.1.1, clause 4(1) and Food Safety Standard
3.2.2, clause 7(3)(b) |
Business ceased trading |
|
Thang Phong Hot Meat Roll |
Shop 5, 18 – 22 Hanson Road, Woodville
Gardens, SA 5012 |
Various, 14 July – 25 September
2009 |
1. S50: failure to
comply with an
improvement
notice.
2. S21(1): Food
Standards Code
3.2.2. Clause 19(1)
and 20(1).
3. S16(2): sold food
that was unsafe.
4. S50: failed to
comply with a
prohibition order. |
Business ceased trading |
Please note
SA Health will not be providing further details.
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Updating the register?
Please note
the person or company prosecuted may no longer be associated with the
food premise or business listed as there is often some lapsed time
between the offence and the court findings.
Requests for changes to the register can be made by contacting the Food
Policy and Programs Branch in the Department of Health: email
food@health.sa.gov.au. Please note that any person or company
requesting changes to the register will be required to provide evidence
to support any changes requested.
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