Food Sellers - Introduction

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Food premises must comply with food safety regulations.
Food premises must comply with food safety regulations

If you are a restaurant, takeaway premises, food stall operator or hawker, you must apply for a Certificate of Registration.

To hold a Certificate of Registration, you need to have written Council approval.

If you are unsure, contact the Council's Environmental Health team:

Council Contact Centre

Phone: (04) 499 4444
Email: info

Apply for a Certificate of Registration

If you intend to handle food for sale, first complete the Application for Licence or Registration form and return it to our Building Consents and Licensing Services team.

Selling Food - Application for Licence or Registration (76Kb PDF)

Open a Food Premises

The comprehensive guide below gives information about setting up a food premises and giving safe food to your customers:

Selling Safe Food with Confidence (619Kb PDF)

For information about the Council consents, services and fees that may apply for opening a restaurant, see:

Common Consents & Permissions - Opening a Restaurant

Grading Certificates for Food Premises

All food premises must meet the requirements of the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974.

Council's Health Officers inspect food premises annually.

Your food-premises grade is based on the Council's 4-category risk rating. The categories are:

  • Conduct and practices
  • Structure of the premises
  • Cleaning and sanitising
  • Staff training.

You can gain an 'Excellent' grade if your premises shows a higher level of compliance than what's required by the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974.

For advice about how to improve your grading certificate, see:

Food Sellers - Resources

Food Stalls

Food stalls operate at a variety of venues including events, festivals, galas, and farmers' markets.

If you are a food stallholder, the event organiser will get you to fill in the 'Food Stall Information' section of the Required Information for Events (Food Fairs) form below. It sets out the requirements for preparing food and stall set-up.

Required Information for Events (Food Fairs) (96Kb PDF)

 

Department Details:
Public Health (Building Consents & Licensing Services)

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