Catering company claims health inspector 'destroyed our lives' with planted slug

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A former health inspector says managers at a Melbourne council seemed intent on shutting down a family catering business that was competing with another company part-owned by the council.

A former health inspector at the City of Greater Dandenong says council managers seemed intent on shutting down a family catering business that was competing with another catering company part-owned by the council.

The owner of the shuttered business, I Cook Foods, even claims a council inspector planted a slug on its premises, which was then used as evidence the company had breached food safety regulations. I Cook Foods was closed by the Department of Health and Human Services in February after it was suspected to be the source ofBut documents reveal that council officers knew within days of the closure that levels of listeria found at the factory were within the range considered safe by the regulator.

Community Chef is a social enterprise owned by a group of Victorian councils. It has struggled to turn a profit, with the State Government providing $3.2 million in loans since 2011.

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Paraphrasing Mark Twain. Suppose you were a member of the Local Council, suppose you were corrupt. Sorry, I repeat myself.

How corrupt is Victoria!

I often get slugs on my lettuces in the garden that survive the washing process... I haven't had many bad effects from having eaten a slug yet...

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