Have your say on the proposed new Food Safety Information Bylaw 2020

Every day Aucklanders choose to buy food from businesses such as cafés, restaurants, takeaways and supermarkets. People can become unwell if they eat or drink food contaminated by poor food safety practices.

How Auckland Council keeps you safe

We help administer the Food Act 2014 which ensures food businesses sell safe and suitable food to eat and drink.

We also made a bylaw that currently requires most food businesses that serve the public (for example most Auckland-only cafés, restaurants, bars and takeaways) to display a food safety grade certificate (food grade) to:

• empower you to make informed decisions about where you purchase food

• incentivise businesses to achieve high food safety standards.

If you would like to know more before providing your feedback, please read the following documents:

• Statement of proposal

• Proposed new Food Safety Information Bylaw 2020

• Comparison between existing and proposed bylaws

The current food grade display rules are in the Tāmaki Makaurau Whakapai Kai 2013, Auckland Council Food Safety Bylaw 2013.

Have your say on a proposal to improve food grade display rules

We recently checked how the rules are working and identified improvements. We propose a new bylaw that:

• requires most Auckland-only food businesses that serve the public (for example cafés, restaurants, bars and takeaways) to display a food grade. Specifically, food businesses that operate under a Template Food Control Plan, serve the public and are registered and verified by council

• requires the food grade to be displayed in specified locations at physical and online sites.

You should know

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