NSW Food Authority names and shames eateries busted for food safety breaches

Almost 20 eateries in the Blacktown area have been fined for food safety offences in the last 12 months, according to the NSW Food Authority.

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Almost 20 eateries across the Blacktown area have been busted by the NSW Food Authority in the past 12 months for breaching food safety standards.

Almost $21,000 in fines have been handed out to 19 businesses in the Blacktown Local Government Area since July 2018 for breaches including unclean kitchens, failing to keep food at the required temperature and failing to seal walls to keep out dirt and pests.

Rainbow Supa IGA in Doonside.

The NSW Food Authority’s Name and Shame Register shows 32 penalty notices totalling $21,790 were issued by Blacktown City Council to eateries in Blacktown, Mt Druitt and surrounding suburbs.

Among the worst offenders were Rainbow Supa IGA and Cafe at Doonside and Maharaja’s Haveli at Quakers Hill, with both outlets receiving more than $2600 worth of fines for multiple breaches.

Tropical Foods and Takeaway in Blacktown.

Rainbow Supa IGA & Cafe was fined for failing to maintain the premises and equipment after a prior warning; failing to maintain cleanliness after a prior warning; and, failing to ensure walls and ceilings were sealed from pests, dirt and dust, also after a previous warning.

Maharaja’s Haveli was penalised for failing to keep the premises clean, failing to protect food from contamination and failing to keep floors clean.

Pasteur Vietnamese Restaurant in Blacktown.

Popular takeaway franchises Subway and Nando’s were also hit with fines at their Arndell Park and Blacktown stores for a lack of handwashing facilities and for failing to protect food from contamination, respectively.

Tropical Foods and Takeaway in Blacktown was slapped with three penalty notices totalling $1650 for pests, failing to keep the premises clean and not complying with a prohibition order.

Mr Pings restaurant in Blacktown.

The NSW Food Authority publishes a list of breaches of food safety laws in its Name and Shame Register, with businesses issued with a penalty notice listed on the register for 12 months.

Statewide, there are currently 1478 penalties are listed on the register.

NAME AND SHAME LIST

• Hassall Grove Bakery, Buckwell Dr, Hassall Grove: $1320, temperature control and cleanliness of eating/drinking utensils and surfaces. Dec 2018 and Mar 2019.

• Sehaj Indian Food and Sweets, Patrick St, Blacktown: $1760, poor fixtures and fittings, no temperature measuring device. Feb 2019.

• Yummy Mummy, Patrick St, Blacktown: $880, cleanliness of walls/ceilings. Feb 2019.

• Rainbow Supa IGA & Cafe, Rosenthal St, Doonside: $2640, cleanliness, poor fixtures and fittings, failing to prevent pests/dirt/dust. Feb 2019.

• Nando’s, Patrick St, Blacktown: $880, contamination risk. Feb 2019.

• Good Luck Bakehouse Mt Druitt, Mount St, Mt Druitt: $440, temperature control. Jan 2019.

• Pasteur Vietnamese, Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown: $1320, cleanliness of food surfaces, cleanliness and handwashing facilities. Jan 2019.

• Northern Aegean Takeaway, Buckwell Dr, Hassall Grove: $440, temperature control. Jan 2019.

• Mr Pings, First Ave, Blacktown: $880, cleanliness. Dec 2018.

• Maharaja’s Haveli, Douglas Rd, Quakers Hill: $2640, cleanliness of floors, cleanliness, contamination risk. Aug 2018.

• Teresa’s Siopao and Catering, Doonside Cres, Doonside: $880, contamination risk, temperature control. Nov 2018.

• Sackville St Mart, Sackville St, Blacktown: $880, cleanliness. Nov 2018.

• The Little Cha, North Pde, Mt Druitt: $660, no food safety certificate. Nov 2018.

• Potato Corner, Patrick St, Blacktown: $440, cleanliness of floors. Nov 2018.

• Tropical Food and Takeaway, Kildare Rd, Blacktown: $1650, pests, cleanliness, fail to comply with prohibition order. Oct-Nov 2018.

• Subway, Holbeche Rd, Arndell Park: $440, handwashing facilities. Sept 2018.

• Tatas Indian Restaurant, Rooty Hill Rd Sth, Rooty Hill: $440, cleanliness. Nov 2018.

• Tregear Takeaway, Aurora Dr, Tregear: $880, cleanliness. Oct 2018.

• Hang Bakery, Riverstone Pde, Riverstone: $880, cleanliness, temperature control. Oct 2018.

Source: NSW Food Authority, June 2019.