Unique IDAY-0063Description*** This activity applies to all Councils ***
Issue of licences to business premises engaged in preparation of food for public consumption, and health inspections intended to ensure that hygiene regulations were carried out.
The LGA 1919 applied to fresh meat, fish, fruit and any presecribed article of human food. It covered storage, exhibition, carriage, preparation and sale of food, including in restaurants, hotels and all like places
Premises storing or selling (a) ice-cream and (b) bread and pastry were added to the prescribed types of food subject to Council regulation in 1948 and 1953 respectively.CreationSydney Corporation Act 1902, Part XIII.
Prohibited sale of bad food, granted power to enter premises to carry out inspections.
Local Government Act 1919 s290-293: (all Councils): regulation of storage and sale of food.
Start date1st January 1902Start date qualifiercircaEnd date1st January 1902Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (01/01/1919 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Public health FN-0012 (01/01/1902)
Food preparation licenses and inspections [AY-0063]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 22 Nov 2024, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/62810