BARFBLOG: Name and Shame of restaurants: works in Sydney, sucks in Melbourne - (barfblog)

August 6, 2008 – 6:32 pm

Amy and I spent a week in Melbourne in July. We ate out a lot. And it was simply dining on faith.
As Jason Dowling reports in Melbourne’s daily paper, The Age,
http://www.theage.com.au/national/filthy-eateries-to-keep-their-cloak-of-secrecy-20080730-3ngj.html
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.
For the complete blog post, please visit http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/07/articles/food-safety-communication/name-and-shame-of-restaurants-works-in-sydney-sucks-in-melbourne/index.html


MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=27655


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