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If you're starting a new food business or changing the business name, location or activities of your current food business you must tell your local food regulatory agency.
What are the requirements?
Under Standard 3.2.2 - Food Safety Practices and General Requirements, if you're starting a new food business or changing the business's name, location or activities you must tell your local food regulatory agency.
A list of food regulatory agencies is available on our website.
Do I need to notify?
- No matter how big or small your food business is, or if it's home-based, online, mobile, a 'once only' activity, or you are using a permanent or temporary premises, you have to tell authorities about your business.
- Even if you're not a typical food business i.e. a chemist, cinema, petrol station or swimming pools - you need to notify authorities if you sell any food.
- Charities and community organisations generally also need to tell authorities when planning events that involve selling food.
What do they need to know?
- contact details including the business's name, address and owner's name
- business type and size
- foods you make or supply
- details on supplying people at most risk of becoming ill (e.g. children or elderly)
- location of all your food premises in the enforcement agency's area
- for mobile businesses, all sites you work at and/or where you house your van.
How often should I be in touch?
- You generally only need to tell authorities about your business once, as long as the information you gave is still right.
- If there are any changes you must tell the authorities before these changes happen.
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