Nsw Food Authority

The NSW Food Authority is the government organisation that helps ensure NSW food is safe and correctly labelled. It works with consumers, industry and other government organisations to minimise food poisoning by providing information about and regulating the safe production, storage, transport, promotion and preparation of food. The Authority's activities include regulating 55, 000 food businesses in NSW, investigating complaints and cases of food poisoning, operating a helpline, managing a partnership with local councils, coordinating NSW product recalls, and running consumer and industry information programs. The Authority is in the primary industries portfolio of The Hon Niall Blair MLC. It is part of the NSW Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development (known as the NSW Department of Industry), http://www. linkedin.com/company /nsw-trade-& -investment). Its head office is in the Sydney suburb of Newington. There are also eight regional offices: Coffs Harbour, Dubbo, Queanbeyan, Taree, Wollongbar, Newcastle, Wagga Wagga and Wollongong.
Social Link - Linkedin: http://www. linkedin.com/company /nsw-food-authority
Employee Count: 49
Keywords: consumers

Our mission: Safer food, clearer choices

The NSW Food Authority works with consumers, industry and government to minimise food poisoning and ensure food is correctly labelled.

We provide information about and regulate safe food production, storage, transport, promotion and preparation.

Our Facebook page is a hub of conversation about food safety and labelling.

We welcome questions, opinions and comments from everyone, and ask for respectful conversations. Read our Facebook policy here, https://www. foodauthority. nsw. gov. au /facebook-policy

Information on our pages can only ever be a general guide. It may not be suited to your particular situation and it is not legal advice. You should exercise your own care when applying any information.

Complaints?
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Complaints about food safety and food businesses involve a lot of details and Facebook is not the best place for this.

To make a complaint about a retail food business, please call the local council for the area. Find your local council here, https://www. olg. nsw. gov. au /public /my-local-council /find-my-council

To complain about another type of food business, please call our helpline: 1300 552 406 (Monday to Friday, 8. 30am-5. 30pm, NSW time).

Name and Shame lists?
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We publish lists of businesses alleged to have breached NSW food safety laws on our website at www. foodauthority. nsw. gov. au /news /offences /

For legal reasons we ask that you don’t name and shame food businesses on this Facebook page. See our ‘complaints’ information at www. foodauthority. nsw. gov. au /industry /complaints-about-food-and-businesses /