A H\u0101wea Flat cafe owner has been charged by the council after allegedly breaching the Food Safety Act.<\/p>\n
The Queenstown Lakes District Council laid four charges related to alleged offences under the Act against Leanne Dawn Harling, trading as Camphill Coffee on August 26. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The council appeared at the Queenstown District Court on October 20 where the Court entered a deemed not guilty plea on Ms Harding’s behalf and set the matter down for a further appearance, yesterday.<\/p>\n
Ms Harling appeared in court and represented herself, Stuff reported. \u00a0<\/p>\n
She pleaded not guilty to knowingly or recklessly selling food that did not comply with the Act and intentionally hindering or obstructing a food safety officer from exercising their powers under the Food Act between February 14 and March 20 last year.<\/p>\n
“There’s no injured party. Is that common law equity?” she told the court.<\/p>\n
She objected to the council paying witnesses and said she had not been provided with all the disclosure evidence. She eventually trespassed the council to the property.<\/p>\n
“I have 3000 private members who would be willing to be a witness and not be paid. I just think that’s out of line. It’s not honourable.”<\/p>\n
She could not be contacted for comment on Tuesday, however the Camphill Facebook page says the cafe runs under a \u201cPrivate Membership Association… established under its own private authority\u201d since May 2024.<\/p>\n
“Membership is free and as simple as signing in upon arrival,” the page said.<\/p>\n
However, anecdotally customers have been served without a membership.<\/p>\n
Ms Harling worked at a primary school for 23 years before opening Camphill Coffee in 2021.<\/p>\n
The matter has now been adjourned until February 9 next year.<\/p>\n
“As the matter is before the Court, council does not intend to make any comments on the nature of the offending, or any other matters relating to the prosecution,” a council spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
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