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A proposed new food license could impact many community organisations, such as these Wondai Kindy sausage sizzlers … from left, Chris Field, Araya AnRa and Kellie Sewell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 25, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

People who sell food at any of the South Burnett’s markets may need to apply for a new type of food vendor’s licence next year.<\/p>\n

At last week’s monthly meeting, Council officers suggested the SBRC add a new Home Based Business – Market Licence to the council’s existing Food Business licences.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0proposed the new licence have an assessment charge of $72, an annual licence fee of $57 and an annual renewal fee of $57.<\/p>\n

Cr Keith Campbell asked where this idea had come from, and what might happen if it were adopted.<\/p>\n

Council officers said the issue had come up when a professional food van operator at a local market had complained his business was required to undergo food safety checks and pay the Council annual licence fees in order to operate, but amateur food sellers did not.<\/p>\n

The operator thought this was unfair.<\/p>\n

The officer said as the public could get food poisoning from an unlicensed food seller,\u00a0Council had a duty of care to look at the matter.<\/p>\n

Mayor Wayne Kratzmann agreed Council had a duty to protect public safety\u00a0but he had two main issues with the proposal as it stood.<\/p>\n

One was that professional food vendors at markets competed with mainstreet businesses, so they needed to be regulated just as stringently.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the proposal could also affect many community-minded volunteers selling low-risk foods, such as mums who whip up the occasional batch of cakes, jams or pickles for\u00a0church fetes, P&C fund-raisers and the like.<\/p>\n

Cr Kratzmann said a one-time licence fee rather than an annual licence in these cases might be a better approach.<\/p>\n

He suggested councillors defer the decision to give the matter “more thought”.<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff agreed with the Mayor that more thought should be given to discriminating between people who sell “high risk” and “low risk” foods.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know of anyone who’s had food poisoning from a cake,” she said.<\/p>\n

Cr Barry Green agreed, saying he thought the idea was “a bit of overkill” and perhaps the proposal should just be limited to those who sell at markets.<\/p>\n

Cr Campbell warned the flipside of any licensing proposal was the cost of Council staff time.<\/p>\n

“If there’s only been one complaint then I suggest public consultation about this would be a good thing,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cr Deb Palmer agreed, and proposed the idea be laid on the table until the Council had more opportunity to discuss the issue with the broader community and get feedback.<\/p>\n

The new food licence has now been deferred pending further investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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