Prosecutions for food safety breaches may be initiated where there has been serious noncompliance or a repeated failure to comply with food laws. This is an important measure taken by government to ensure that food sold in our community is safe for human consumption.
As of 1 July 2010, details of offences under the Food Act 1984 or the regulations involving the conviction of a person by a court after that date are publicly available on this website.
This is in accordance with s. 53D of the Food Act, which requires the Secretary of the department to keep a register of convictions for offences under the Act or the regulations, and s. 53E, which requires that register to be published on a department website.
The Act requires that each conviction is to be included in the register for 12 consecutive months.
Ordinarily, a conviction under the Act is dealt with in open court – typically in the Magistrates Court. The purpose of the register is to increase the opportunities for a court’s decision to become more widely known. This will make information about noncompliance with the Act more readily available to the public.
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