AUSTRALIA: Consumers embrace name-shame website - (ABC News Online (Australia))
August 7, 2008 – 11:16 pmNew South Wales restaurant-goers have embraced a month-old website that names and shames establishments for breaching health standards.
The State Government passed amendments to the Food Safety Act earlier this year, allowing the Food Authority to publish the details of businesses that receive penalty notices on its website.
Dozen of restaurants, including a top Sydney eatery, have already been named for things like pest problems, having faulty equipment and substandard hygiene facilities.
Primary Industries Minister Kevin Greene says consumers have the right to know if there has been a breach of food safety standards.
“It’s about choice. If there’s a serious problem with a food outlet, customers have the right to know,” he said.
“One thing I can say is that since this website was introduced on the first of July, there’s been an average of 1,200 hits a day, which certainly proves its been really embraced by the public.”
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