All retail food businesses must notify their local council before they begin to trade. Notification includes advising your council of your business name, contact details, location, owner details and information indicating the nature of your business.
Food businesses can fill in the Food business update form to notify Council of their details. You can also fill in this form to update your business details, including number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, for the purpose of calculating administration fees. There is an exemption for not-for profit fundraising events.
Licensed food businesses are deemed to have provided their notification details when they submit a completed application for a licence. Unlicensed, non-retail food businesses, including wholesalers and manufacturers, will need to notify the NSW Food Authority.
You can notify your business details to the NSW Food Authority in the following ways:
Home based food manufacturers need to notify either Council or NSW Food Authority depending on who the end customer is.