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Queensland Health and Queensland local governments undertake prosecutions against individuals or companies that have breached the Food Act 2006 (the Act).
Queensland Health will publish on this webpage a summary of convictions against the Act, except where a conviction has not been recorded, a court has made a non-publication order, or the case is within the appeal period or subject to appeal, or includes personal details.
Prosecutions that will be published on this website include convictions undertaken by Queensland Health. These may include offences related to unsafe or unsuitable food, the false description of food, misleading conduct relating to the sale of food, sale of unfit equipment or packaging or labelling material, or for breaches of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) related to the composition, labelling and advertising of food.
Prosecutions of food businesses, which are undertaken by Queensland local governments, may also be included, when this information is provided to Queensland Health by a Queensland local government. Queensland local government prosecutions will mostly be for offences in relation to unsafe or unsuitable food, the carrying on of a licensable food business and breaches of the Food Safety Standards which form part of the Code. It is an offence under the Act to not comply with the Food Safety Standards.
The information on each case will only be published on this website for a period of two years.
Due to confidentiality obligations under the Act, Queensland Health will not be able to provide any additional information regarding the prosecutions listed in the following table.
Food Act 2006 - Prosecutions Table
Queensland Health
|
Trading Name |
Defendant | Offence Location | Court Name |
Court Decision Date |
Legislation Breached |
Nature of Offence |
Penalty Fine |
Penalty Costs Awarded |
| Mega Meats | * | 116-118 Brisbane Road, Booval | Ipswich Magistrates Court | 5 December 2011 | Food Act 2006 Section 37(3) | In the course of carrying on a food business, sell food that is packaged or labelled in a way that falsely describes the food. | $2,000.00 in total (2 breaches) | $1,055.00 in total (2 breaches) |
| Mega Meats | * | 116-118 Brisbane Road, Booval | Ipswich Magistrates Court | 5 December 2011 | Food Act 2006 Section 37(3) | In the course of carrying on a food business, sell food that is packaged or labelled in a way that falsely describes the food. | ||
| Pattons Big Gun Butcher | * | 1 Resources Court, Molendinar | Southport Magistrates Court | 27 October 2011 | Food Act 2006 Sections 39(3) and 39(4) |
A person must not sell or advertise food that is packaged or labelled in a way that contravenes a provision of the food standards code. A person must not sell or advertise for sale food in a way that contravenes a provision of the food standards code. |
$11,000 in total (18 breaches) | $1,0732.00 in total (18 breaches) |
| Brassall Meat Mart Pty Ltd | Brassall Meat Mart Pty Ltd | 147 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall, Ipswich | Ipswich Magistrates Court | 6 September 2010 | Food Act 2006 Section 39(2) | Sell food which did not comply with a requirement of the food standards code that relates to the food. | $3,000 in total (2 breaches) | $513 in total (2 breaches) |
| Brassall Meat Mart Pty Ltd | Brassall Meat Mart Pty Ltd | 147 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall, Ipswich | Ipswich Magistrates Court | 6 September 2010 | Food Act 2006 Section 39(2) | Sell food which did not comply with a requirement of the food standards code that relates to the food. | ||
| Woolworths | Woolworths Ltd | 445-455 Hume Street, Toowoomba | Toowoomba Magistrates Court | 30 June 2010 | Food Act 2006 Section 39(4) | Sold or advertised food for sale in a way that contravened a provision of the food standards code. | $25,000 in total (2 breaches) | $1,308.50 in total (2 breaches) |
| Woolworths | Woolworths Ltd | 445-455 Hume Street, Toowoomba | Toowoomba Magistrates Court | 30 June 2010 | Food Act 2006 Section 39(4) | Sold or advertised food for sale in a way that contravened a provision of the food standards code. |
* Name withheld for legal reasons.
Please note:
1. Costs can include:
2. The above list is not a complete list of prosecutions under the Food Act 2006. Results of successful prosecutions will not be included when:
3. That the Copyright and Disclaimer statements contained in the links below apply to the information published above in the 'Food Act 2006 - Prosecutions Table'.
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