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Retail Butcher Shop Licence - Victoria

Description

You will need this licence to sell and prepare meat for customers from a shop.

With this licence, you can:

  • sell meat directly to customers from your shop
  • sell meat wholesale, up to 50 tonnes per year
  • prepare, process and store meat, as long as it is mainly for retail sale.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

There are additional requirements if you want to manufacture smallgoods or age beef.

Use the contact details for information about eligibility requirements.

Duration

1 year

Expiry

31 December

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Application fees:

  • meat and / or poultry only - $201.00
  • meat / poultry and smallgoods - $403.00.

Fees for 2026-27
General Licence All

Annual fees:

  • meat and / or poultry only - $401.00
  • meat / poultry and smallgoods - $806.00.

Fees for 2026-27

Act(s) name

Meat Industry Act 1993 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Meat Industry Regulations 2025 Victoria

Administering agency

Safe Food Victoria

Contact details

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