Food business licence - Isaac Regional Council - Queensland

Description

You will require a food business licence if you are a for-profit business that intends to make food or sell unpackaged food by retail. You will also require a food business licence if you are a non-profit organisation that sells meals at a particular place on 12 or more days each financial year.

This licence applies to all locations and food business types, whether you are based in a commercial premise, at home or from a vehicle or stall.

If you are going to operate as a mobile food business, you only need to have one food business licence in one of the local government areas within which you intend to operate. A mobile food business includes:

  • vehicles from which you sell unpackaged food by retail
  • food vending machines
  • water carriers delivering drinking water.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Exemptions

Your food business is exempt from this licence if it only conducts one or more of the following activities:

  • the production of primary produce allowed under by accreditation
  • the sale of unpackaged snack food
  • the sale of whole fruit or vegetables
  • the sale of seeds, spices, dried herbs, tea leaves, coffee beans or ground coffee
  • the grinding of coffee beans
  • the sale of drinks (other than fruit or vegetable juice processed at the place of sale) including, for example, tea, coffee, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks
  • the sale of ice including flavoured ice.

Additionally, if you are a home-based food business you are not required to hold a licence if you prepare food for family day care operations, student boarding accommodation or facilities providing in home support services for an individual.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence you must:

  • meet the requirements set out in legislation
  • provide any plans or drawings.

You may also be required to:

  • have an accredited Food Safety Program
  • appoint a Food Safety Supervisor who is available when the business is operating.

It is advised that you talk to your council before applying.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

Depending on the requirements in your licence, you may also be subject to audits at a frequency determined by the council.

Duration

Maximum of three years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $350.00 Low risk business.
Apply Application All $400.00 Medium risk business.
Apply Application All $435.00 High risk business.
Apply Application All - Further fees may apply. Please consult the Contact Officer for more information.
Renew Renewal All $300.00 Low risk business.
Renew Renewal All $350.00 Medium risk business.
Renew Renewal All $375.00 High risk business.
Vary Variation All $200.00 -

Additional information

If you intend to operate a water carrier as part of your mobile food business you will need to follow the guidelines outlined in the authorising legislation.

Administering agency

Isaac Regional Council

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Isaac Regional Council
Operating address: Grosvenor Complex
Batchelor Parade
Moranbah, Queensland, 4744
Mailing address: PO BOX 97
Moranbah, Queensland 4744
Phone: 1300 472 227
Fax: 07 4941 8666
Email: records@isaac.qld.gov.au
Website: Isaac Regional Council (Opens in new window)