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 Kirsty Callander,

I have received the attached letter which, states:

To obtain the information requested you will need to submit a formal access
application under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (“GIPA Act”)
or arrange for a Subpoena for Production to be served on Council’s Proper Officer, at
Council’s office at 2 Prince Street, Grafton.
The relevant GIPA application forms and information about completing the forms can
be found on Council’s website www.clarence.nsw.gov.au.

Many other councils have released information without the need for a formal GIPA form, is there another way I can access the information without having to pay $30?

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

Dear Kirsty Callander,

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. I'm happy to help you with this as it took about ten minutes for other councils..
Lane Cove council had this in their document management system but 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 40 councils now without the need for a GIPA or any paper work as it is an informal request.

I would also like to know how many formal improvement notices were issued in each year, and I just want to know how many high and medium risk food businesses were inspected in each year and what percentage of these were inspected in each year.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

Dear Kirsty Callander,

Can you please also tell me how many Formal Improvement notices were issued in each year and if they were included in the fines number you sent?

Thanks for the information.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

Dear Kirsty Callander,

I cannot read the table you have sent as it seems to have been garbled in the email somehow, can you send it as an image or attachment?

Thanks!

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone

Dear Kirsty Callander,

Great work, thanks!

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Gladstone