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Notification / Registration of a Food Business - Shire of Carnarvon - Western Australia

Description

Before selling or producing food intended for sale from a fixed, mobile or temporary premises (including vans), you are required to notify or register with the appropriate agency. This will either be the local council where your business will be located or the Department of Health.

The agency that you will need to notify or register with will depend on the location of your business and the type of food you will sell. The Department of Health is the appropriate agency for food businesses related to:

  • public hospitals
  • dairy (primary production, processing, transportation)
  • seafood (primary production or manufacturing of bivalve molluscs)
  • food business not within a local government area (Kings Park, Rottnest Island, the State Athletics Stadium, or the WA Basketball Centre).

The relevant local council is the appropriate agency for all other types of food businesses.

Service type

Licence

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

Ongoing eligibility requirements

Registration conditions may be placed on your food business that ensure compliance with legislation.

Duration

Remains in force until cancelled

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All -

Registration of food business:

  • temporary premises: $160.00
  • small business: $195.00
  • medium business: $340.00
  • large business: $420.00.

Fees for 2022-23
Apply Application All -

No fee for notification of food business. Fees for 2022-23
Apply Inspection All -

Inspection of food business:

  • small business: $85.00
  • medium business: $170.00
  • large business: $250.00.

Fees for 2022-23
Comply Inspection All $85.00 Partial food safety inspection (e.g. follow up inspection). Fees for 2022-23
Renew Renewal All -

Registration of food business:

  • small business: $60.00
  • medium business: $120.00
  • large business: $120.00.

Fees for 2022-23
Vary Variation All $60.00 Application for registration of food business or amendment of registration where food safety inspection is not required (e.g. altered certificate or change of operator). Fees for 2022-23

Forms

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Comply All Starting a Food Business in WA (Opens in new window)
Comply All Temporary Food Premises - Guidelines - Please consult the Contact Officer for information on forms to be submitted.

Act(s) name

Food Act 2008 Western Australia

Regulation(s) name

Food Regulations 2009 Western Australia

Additional information

Whilst a trade waste permit may be applicable in some circumstances, other prerequisites (which only apply in some circumstances) are:

  • planning approval
  • building approval
  • approval to install apparatus for the treatment and disposal of sewage (applies in unsewered areas if the existing apparatus is not adequate for the proposal).

Administering agency

Shire of Carnarvon

Contact details

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