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
Dear Nigel,
Thank you for your e-mail.
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Government Information (Public Access) Policy (GIPA) including the Council
Access Application form. The requirements for Council to determine a valid
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Regards;
Emily Brooker
Senior Records & TRIM Officer
Upper Lachlan Shire Council
Ph: 02 4845 4100 F: 02 4845 1426
Dear Emily,
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 for some councils to put this information together.
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 more than 30 councils without the need for a GIPA or any paperwork already as it is an informal request.
I hope this clears the way for you to freely release the information.
Yours sincerely,
Nigel Gladstone
Dear Emily,
Can I please clarify that I want to know how many high and medium risk food businesses were inspected in each year (2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16) and what percentage of the total number of these were inspected in each year, how many warnings, formal improvement notices and fines were issued in each year? How many outlets were shut down each year, if any?
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.
If you do not have a copy of it, you can request it from the food authority and they will email it back to you. I am happy to go through the form myself to get the information as several other councils have sent it to me.
Unfortunately, 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 more than 50 councils now without the need for a formal GIPA as it is an informal request.
Yours sincerely,
Nigel Gladstone
Nigel,
Please find attached a response to your informal information request.
Regards;
Emily Brooker
Senior Records & TRIM Officer
Upper Lachlan Shire Council
Ph: 02 4845 4100 F: 02 4845 1426