Name and Shame of restaurants: works in Sydney, sucks in Melbourne
Amy and I spent a week in Melbourne in July. We ate out a lot. And it was simply dining on faith.
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As Jason Dowling reports in Melbourne’s daily paper, The Age,
Dozens of city food businesses, including restaurants and cafes, have been prosecuted for breaching food hygiene laws in the past five years — but Melbourne City Council will not reveal who they are. …
The council's inability to name restaurants with poor hygiene records comes as a "name and shame" food hygiene website in New South Wales had attracted 25,000 visitors in its first month.
The NSW Government has boasted the new website improved consumer information and "provides a powerful incentive for the food industry to boost its performance".
Melbourne City Councillor David Wilson was cited as saying the council did not support wider disclosure of poor hygiene discoveries at restaurants, adding,
"We believe that it is not appropriate for details of prosecutions to be released as restaurants may have changed management since the prosecution or they may not have breached food safety regulations since the initial prosecution and publication of a past prosecution could severely impact the viability of the current business.”
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Councillor Wilson, I bet you won’t have the vote of my friend, Melbourne Milton (left, exactly as shown) next election. Milton wants to see the results of restaurant inspections and is so astute he said he knew the results didn't really meant anything, didn’t make the food any safer and were just a snapshot in time, but the public disclosure made people more aware of food safety issues and people talked about it.
Even Durham Region in Ontario, Canada, is going to start with the red, yellow, green system of restaurant inspection disclosure.
Melbourne, figure it out. People who spend money in your restaurants should have access to inspection data if they want. Or they should take their money elsewhere.
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As Jason Dowling reports in Melbourne’s daily paper, The Age,Dozens of city food businesses, including restaurants and cafes, have been prosecuted for breaching food hygiene laws in the past five years — but Melbourne City Council will not reveal who they are. …
The council's inability to name restaurants with poor hygiene records comes as a "name and shame" food hygiene website in New South Wales had attracted 25,000 visitors in its first month.
The NSW Government has boasted the new website improved consumer information and "provides a powerful incentive for the food industry to boost its performance".
Melbourne City Councillor David Wilson was cited as saying the council did not support wider disclosure of poor hygiene discoveries at restaurants, adding,
"We believe that it is not appropriate for details of prosecutions to be released as restaurants may have changed management since the prosecution or they may not have breached food safety regulations since the initial prosecution and publication of a past prosecution could severely impact the viability of the current business.”
Councillor Wilson, I bet you won’t have the vote of my friend, Melbourne Milton (left, exactly as shown) next election. Milton wants to see the results of restaurant inspections and is so astute he said he knew the results didn't really meant anything, didn’t make the food any safer and were just a snapshot in time, but the public disclosure made people more aware of food safety issues and people talked about it.Even Durham Region in Ontario, Canada, is going to start with the red, yellow, green system of restaurant inspection disclosure.
Melbourne, figure it out. People who spend money in your restaurants should have access to inspection data if they want. Or they should take their money elsewhere.
Bastille Day in Melbourne: Kangaroo at a French restaurant
“What’s kangaroo doing on a French menu? Have you seen a French kangaroo?”
So asked the older woman as she perused the menu at one of Southbank’s eateries along the Yarra river in Melbourne, Australia.
I’ve been to Melbourne many times over the years, including a brief solo trip last year once my visa was approved. No troubles this time, my moral turpitude is apparently valid and it’s a lot nicer to be here with Amy. And she brought me.
This is Milton and me (left, exactly as shown). We were basking in the Melbourne sunshine this a.m. along Southbank, and struck up a conversation with Milton. He says he likes the stars system that is apparently being used as a form of restaurant inspection disclosure in some parts of Victoria, and he wants to see more. Milton said (unprompted) that he didn’t think the stars really meant anything, didn’t make the food any safer and was just a snapshot in time, but it made people more aware of food safety issues and people talked about it.
Couldn’t have said it better.
Amy and I are in Melbourne until Sunday. She has a conference, I plan to write and hang out in cafes on Lygon Street.
So asked the older woman as she perused the menu at one of Southbank’s eateries along the Yarra river in Melbourne, Australia.I’ve been to Melbourne many times over the years, including a brief solo trip last year once my visa was approved. No troubles this time, my moral turpitude is apparently valid and it’s a lot nicer to be here with Amy. And she brought me.
This is Milton and me (left, exactly as shown). We were basking in the Melbourne sunshine this a.m. along Southbank, and struck up a conversation with Milton. He says he likes the stars system that is apparently being used as a form of restaurant inspection disclosure in some parts of Victoria, and he wants to see more. Milton said (unprompted) that he didn’t think the stars really meant anything, didn’t make the food any safer and was just a snapshot in time, but it made people more aware of food safety issues and people talked about it.Couldn’t have said it better.
Amy and I are in Melbourne until Sunday. She has a conference, I plan to write and hang out in cafes on Lygon Street.
Hepatitis linked to Melbourne café
Five people have been struck down with Hepatitis A in an outbreak traced to Zanzibar Cafe on Latrobe Street in Melbourne's city centre.
Victoria's Department of Human Services said the outbreak has been linked to a food handler who also worked part time as a cleaner.
A 65-year-old man from Doncaster, a 32-year-old woman from Reservoir, a 51-year-old man from East Malvern and a 54-year-old man from Aspendale were among those affected. The department was notified of a fifth case on Friday afternoon.
An extensive clean up of the cafe had been carried out under the supervision of Melbourne City Council.
Hepatitis A is found in feces of the infected person and can be spread by direct contact with food, beverages or crockery.
Dude wash your damn hands. And don't eat poop.
Victoria's Department of Human Services said the outbreak has been linked to a food handler who also worked part time as a cleaner.
A 65-year-old man from Doncaster, a 32-year-old woman from Reservoir, a 51-year-old man from East Malvern and a 54-year-old man from Aspendale were among those affected. The department was notified of a fifth case on Friday afternoon.
An extensive clean up of the cafe had been carried out under the supervision of Melbourne City Council.
Hepatitis A is found in feces of the infected person and can be spread by direct contact with food, beverages or crockery.
Dude wash your damn hands. And don't eat poop.
