Registration / Notification of Mobile Food Premises - Pyrenees Shire Council - Victoria

Description

You will require this registration if you intend to prepare, handle or sell food from a vehicle (which means you will operate a food business) in any commercial, charitable or community circumstance, including on a one-off basis.

Food includes any substance, thing, ingredient, additive, chewing gum, product or drink intended for human consumption (whether it is live, raw, prepared or partly prepared but excluding a therapeutic good) and may also include live animals and plants.

Vehicle means any means of transport, whether self-propelled or not, and whether used on land, sea or in the air but does not include a food transport vehicle other than dairy, seafood or meat.

Registration should be obtained from the Council for the area where the vehicle is normally garaged. If you intend to operate the vehicle in other Council areas you should also contact the relevant Council for that area to ascertain any additional requirements.

Under the Food Act all food premises are classified by their local council according to their highest risk activity.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this registration / notification you must:

  • have a mobile food premises
  • make an application for registration or notification to your principal council via FoodTrader or by completing the approved hard-copy form (available your principal council) and attaching any required documentation
  • pay the fee (if any) as determined by the principal council.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

Additional registration or approvals may be required for other food premises. You must comply with all conditions, requirements or obligations imposed by the local council or under the Act or Regulations, including the Food Standards Code, Food Safety Program, council inspections and labelling requirements. Failure to comply may result in your registration being revoked or suspended.

Duration

As specified

Fees

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Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Please consult the responsible agency for information on fees to be submitted with your application.

Act(s) name

Food Act 1984 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Food (Forms and Registration) Regulations 2015 Victoria

Administering agency

Pyrenees Shire Council

Contact details

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