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Food Premises & Preparation
All new food premises are required to be registered by their local Council. Food which has not been prepared and handled in a hygienic manner present a public risk of food poisoning from pathogens such as listeria, e-coli and salmonella, or other serious diseases such as Hepatitis A. For this reason, Food Safety Reforms have been introduced to prevent the risk of contamination by procedures associated with food hygiene, cleaning and sanitising of food premises, time and temperature control, use of thermometers, handling frozen food, cooked meat production, use of food slicers and transportation of food, including that of home caterers.
A food premises may be defined as any place where food is handled, stored or prepared for consumption by the general public. This would generally include food shops, street vending vehicles, cake stalls, fetes and street stalls, home catering businesses and mobile food vans.
Parkes Shire Council regularly inspects all food premises throughout the Parkes area and is active in encouraging food premises to reach their highest standard through programs such as FoodSafe.
Council's Health Officers are happy to assist you with any enquiries you may have. You can contact Council's Planning & Environment Department on 6861 2373 weekdays between 9:00am and 5:00pm. Further information may also be obtained from the NSW Health Department website: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/ and the Australian New Zealand Food Authority website http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/ or NSW Food Authority website http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/.
All food premises must register with the NSW Food Authority through its website www.foodnotify.nsw.gov.au
One Day Temporary Food Stalls
Inspections - Food Premises
Open Food Stalls
Infectious diseases
Food Poisoning Complaints
