Food Safety
Food safety laws to be strengthened as inspectors find grave concerns
Investigation finds meat contaminated with excrement, animal hair and floor paint
The state’s food safety controls are set to be strengthened after an investigation into food businesses discovered meat contaminated with excrement, animal hair and floor paint.
Other issues included meat labels being forged and beef products being passed off as lamb.
Inspectors also found that a pallet of food stored in a food business contained animal by-products, which was a serious food safety breach because animal by-products such as skin, bones and hooves are unfit ...
