The Bayside eateries fined for breaching food safety standards
Cafes, bubble tea stores, food festivals and butchers are among the eateries in Bayside fined for breaching food safety standards. See if your local has been listed.
Katelyn Milligan
June 09, 2023
The NSW Food Authority has named and shamed the eateries in Bayside and surrounding areas that have breached or are alleged to have breached NSW food safety laws.
A total of eighteen fines were issued to ten businesses in the past year. Over half of those businesses were fined for two or more breaches, receiving penalties of up to $880 per offence.
Machi Machi in Mascot, Nostimo Malabar, BBQ Master in Maroubra and Moti Mahal Indian Restaurant in Ramsgate were all listed as repeat offenders, failing to improve their food safety standards.
Notable breaches of food safety standards include a lack of cleanliness, insufficient measures to mitigate pests in food areas and inadequate storage of potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures.
Below is a list of businesses in Bayside and surrounding regions that appear on the NSW Food Authority register of penalty notices over the last 12 months.
Bayside LGA
Machi Machi - Mascot
Offence: Fail to notify the appropriate enforcement agency of the food business - previous warning given
The ‘fail to notify’ offence is issued when a business opens or changes ownership but fails to notify the appropriate enforcement agency such as the local council or NSW Government Food Authority. It’s more of a technical breach than a specific hygiene incident.
Offence: Fail to ensure that at least one food safety supervisor has been appointed for the premises - previous warning given
All commercial eateries must have a food safety supervisor (FSS) appointed anytime food is handled and sold. A FFS is someone who has undergone specific food handling training to recognise and mitigate food-related risks. Again, this is more of a technical breach than related to a specific hygiene incident.
Date of offence: November 3 2022
Diner Express - Wolli Creek
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness
Date of offence: November 22 2022
Diner Express in Wolli Creek. Photo: Restaurant Guru
Taste of Mascot - Mascot
Offence: Fail to maintain all fixtures, fittings and equipment to the required standard of cleanliness
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness
Date of offence: November 27 2022
A Taste of Mascot food festival. Photo: A Taste of Mascot Instagram page
Beef’d Up Butchers - Carlton
Offence: Sale of food found to contain illegal preservative (sulphur dioxide) - kibbeh
Offence: Sale of food found to contain illegal preservative (sulphur dioxide) - fine mince
Offence: Sale of food found to contain illegal preservative (sulphur dioxide) - kafta
Sulphur dioxide is commonly used as a preservative and food additive. The additive is only permitted in certain food products and is strictly controlled as sulphur dioxide can cause severe allergic reactions, asthma attacks and gastric irritation.
Date of offence: March 1 2023
Beef’d Up Butchers in Carlton. Photo: Beef’d Up Butchers Google Business page
Randwick LGA
Nostimo - Malabar
Offence: Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - previous warnings given
Date of offence: August 30 2022
BBQ Master - Maroubra
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warnings given
Date of offence: October 20 2022
Georges River LGA
500 Degrees - Kogarah
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness
Offence: Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests
Date of offence: June 9 2022
500 Degrees in Kogarah. Photo: 500 Degrees Restaurant Google Business page
Fiesta Filipino - Kogarah
Offence: Fail to display potentially hazardous food under temperature control
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness
Offence: Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests
Date of offence: June 15 2022
Filipino Fiesta in Kogarah. Photo: Rodolfo Herrera via Google Business page
Moti Mahal Indian Restaurant - Ramsgate
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness - previous warning given
Offence: Fail to take all practicable measures to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests - previous warning given
Date of offence: June 22 2022
Ghumti Kitchen - Allawah
Offence: Fail to maintain the food premises to the required standard of cleanliness
Date of offence: June 28 2022