So, the seafood restaurant purchases some seafood from a supplier. The supplier says “it came from my farm”, and the restaurant happily labels their food as such.
Only, it turns out the supplier lied - is the restaurant in some sort of trouble? There is one link in this article - and it is literally to itself. I’m too busy/don’t care enough to go looking for any potential changes to the law. I’m unsatisfied with the content of this article however. It uses a lot of words to not really say anything more than what is in the headline.
Only, it turns out the supplier lied - is the restaurant in some sort of trouble?
ABC coverage somewhat addresses this:
Businesses must keep records of all seafood bought for three months, and suppliers face stiff penalties if they fail to provide correct information to food service providers.
In NSW, Fair Trading can impose penalties of $2.5 million for individuals, and businesses can be fined $50 million or 30 per cent of the annual turnover from the previous year.
The ACCC website suggests there is quite a lot of room for feigned ignorance here on the part of a restaurant owner. As long as they can demonstrate that they’re genuinely attempting to comply with the regulations then it’s pretty easy to avoid further investigation.
