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Sydneysiders are not being told which restaurants are breaching food safety regulations. Restaurants found breaching any of these regulations are publicly reported in world-class cities like New York, London, Toronto, Copenhagen, Los Angeles. In Sydney, the council has ruled that it cannot reveal the names and addresses of the restaurants in breach because of privacy laws. The council did release a list to the SMH when they requested the information under FOI (Freedom of Information) laws but the list of 78 fines issued in the past year had their restaurant details blacked out with only the fine amount and the date showing. The SMH report says that "in Toronto restaurants must display a sticker in the window that reveals the results of health inspections with similar systems operating across the US and increasingly in Britain". I guess we just have to trust that the government officials return to these offending restaurants to follow up. I sure do hope that in future that the government publicly report those restaurants in breach of food safety regulations.

Have a read of the SMH Article

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