Environmental Health
Environmental health services play a vital role in protecting public health, safety, and community well-being. Local Shires and City Councils employ Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) to monitor and enforce public health standards. Their key responsibilities include supervision of a diverse range of issues such as food premises and food handling procedures, sewerage and septic tank inspections, investigate food complaints, waste disposal, water quality, infectious disease monitoring and control, noise complaints, pesticides and pest control.
The Environmental Health Officer at the Shire of Cuballing is Tim Jurmann, his details are below:
Mobile Number: 0448 014 022
Email Address: ehobs@cuballing.wa.gov.au
Food Business Registrations
Within the Shire of Cuballing, regular inspections are conducted for any premises that serve food regularly. Any concerns should be directed to the Shire Office. To make an enquiry or complaint, you can click here to complete an online form.
Food premises within the Shire of Cuballing must be registered in alliance with the Food Act 2008 and the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. In order to register your Food Business, the following needs to be completed:
A Food Business Notification is a simple process used for low-risk or exempt businesses to inform the local council of their operations. A Food Act Registration is an intensive, mandatory licensing process for higher-risk businesses, requiring formal approval and health inspections prior to opening. The registration process still applies to business that sell only packaged food compared to business that sell food that may be potentially hazardous.
Once an application has been lodged with the Shire of Cuballing, 1 of two things may occur:
- The application is granted with or without conditions and a certificate of registration (which specifies the premises) is granted
- The Application is refused with reasoning of the refusal put into a formal letter.
The Food Business registration remains in place until cancelled. An annual inspection of the food business is completed at the cost of the owner. For the current financial year, its $167.00 for the food premises inspection.
In the event that you are purchasing a food business, a new registration should be completed and lodged with the Shire of Cuballing. This ensures that the food registration contains the details of the current Business owner. In addition, Section 113 of the Food Act 2008 makes it an offence to not inform the appropriate local government enforcement agency of any changes to a registered food business including if the business ceases to be conducted at those premises or if the food business is sold.
Additional Information can be found at Registration of a food business
Food Safety Training - I'm Alert Food Safety
The Shire of Cuballing encourages the safe handling of food. For anyone who handles foods (service staff, kitchen staff, Deli workers, etc), it’s encouraged to check out the training course on Food safety provided by the Shire of Cuballing. This information package has been developed by qualified and experienced Environmental Health professionals and is equivalent in scope to a two-day consultant delivered course.
The interactive, logical and easy learning format will assist you and your staff to develop the skills and knowledge required to ensure safe food for your customers and to comply with your obligations under the Food Safety Standards for Australia and New Zealand.
As a joint initiative, the Shire of Cuballing have subscribed to the course along with the Shires of Beverley, Brookton and Pingelly.
The course is provided to local businesses, community and community groups for their use free of charge.
The link to the course is hosted through the Shire of Beverley website. Additionally, the certificates will have the Shire of Beverley logo on them. Please go to beverley.imalert.com.au to start your training now.
Septic Tanks
A septic tank is a sealed underground system designed to treat household wastewater on-site. It works by allowing waste to separate naturally, with heavier solids settling at the bottom and lighter materials forming a layer on the surface. Anaerobic bacteria then break down the accumulated waste, while the partially treated liquid effluent flows to a leach drain or soakage area for safe dispersal into the surrounding soil.
Within the Shire of Cuballing, some properties are connected to Deep sewerage meaning they are connected directly to the main sewer line. It is common in the Shire of Cuballing to have some properties that aren’t connected to deep sewerage, meaning they require a septic tank in order to dispose of their waste.
In order to apply for septic tank approval, you must submit the following to the Shire of Cuballing:
More information about site and soil evaluations can be found at Site and soil evaluation for onsite wastewater management
Useful Links and Documents
Food Act 2008
Food Regulations 2009
Apply to install or alter on-site wastewater system
Understanding Septic Tanks