Food Prosecution Register

Local council Environmental Health Officers routinely inspect food businesses for compliance with the Food Act 2001 and Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, and continuously work with businesses to improve standards.

The use of enforcement options by local councils is proportionate and graduated and dependent upon a wide range of factors including the compliance history of the food business and the level of risk posed to consumers.

Enforcement options

The Act provides a wide range of enforcement options for local councils that vary in severity and consequences, including:

  • warning letters
  • expiation notices
  • prohibition orders
  • prosecution.

Prosecution register

Details of businesses or individuals that have been found guilty by a Court of a breach of the Food Act will remain on the register for a period of two years from the Court decision date. Prosecuted businesses or individuals. See below for companies listed on the Prosecution Register.

Updating the register

Please note the person or company prosecuted may no longer be associated with the food premise or business listed as there is often some lapsed time between the offence and the court findings.

Requests for changes to the register can be made by emailing SA Health’s Food and Controlled Drugs Branch at healthfood@sa.gov.au.

Any person or company requesting changes to the register will be required to provide evidence to support any changes requested.