Food Act 2008 - Food Business Registration/Notification - Registration and Notification Requirements (Oct 2023)

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Food Act 2008 guidance defines key terms such as small business thresholds, ready-to-eat foods, and food processes. It outlines plan and layout requirements for food business premises, including required scales, room use, fixtures, fittings, services, and additional details for temporary or mobile sites. It explains that risk assessment will be based on provided information, with invoicing on a pro‑rata basis after approval and annual fees thereafter, including exemptions and how to lodge notifications or registration requests, and contact routes for enquiries.

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Definitions

Small business, ready-to-eat, and food process

Plans and Premises Requirements

Scale, layouts, equipment, and services

Temporary or mobile premises

Fees, Risk Assessment, and Exempt Food Businesses

Pro-rata and annual invoicing

Exemptions under Food Regulations 2009

Change of Ownership and Shared Premises

How to Lodge Forms and Contact Details

Food Act 2008 - Food Business Registration/Notification Definitions: Small business is a business that employs less than 50 people in the manufacturing sector or less than 10 people in the food services sector. Ready-to-eat means foods that is ordinarily consumed in the same state as in which it is sold. Process (in relation to food) is an activity conducted to prepare food for sale including chopping, cooking, drying, fermenting, heating, pasteurising, thawing and washing, or a combination of these activities. *Plans: must be to 1:100 or 1.200 scale of the entire property to the boundaries and include elevations. Clearly indicate the use of every section/room including toilets, external bin store and grease trap (if applicable); finishes of the walls, floors and ceilings; all equipment, sinks, fixtures and fittings. Temporary or mobile premises must show layout, water supply, power supply, all equipment, fixtures and fittings. Your food business will be risk assessed according to the information provided. You will be invoiced for the following fees (pro-rata from date of approval and then the full fee annually there-after). Exempt Food Businesses - (in relation to Food Regulations 2009): Are conducted solely for charitable or community purposes and prepare non-potentially hazardous foods or foods that, after being appropriately cooked, are served for immediate consumption (regulation 10 ); Sell certain packaged food (regulation 11); Provide complimentary drinks in conjunction with another kind of business (regulation 12); Form part of premises registered under the Commonwealth Export Control Act 1982 (regulation 13). Change of ownership – If a food business changes ownership a new application and registration is required. A pro-rata fee will be charged for the new owner until the end of the financial year. Shared premises businesses - Examples are users of a hired commercial kitchen or subletting of kitchen from another registered food business. Forms can be lodged by: email to HYPERLINK "mailto:admin@vicpark.wa.gov.au" admin@vicpark.wa.gov.au in person at Administration Office, 99 Shepperton Rd, Victoria Park WA 6100 by post to: Environmental Health Services - Town of Victoria Park Locked Bag 437 VICTORIA PARK WA 6979 For any enquiries relating to food business notification or registration, please contact Environmental Health Services on 9311 8111 or email HYPERLINK "mailto:admin@vicpark.wa.gov.au" admin@vicpark.wa.gov.au

FAQs

What counts as a “small business” under the act for food purposes?

A small business is one with fewer than 50 people in manufacturing, or fewer than 10 people in food services.

What plan details must be included when submitting premises information?

Plans must be to a 1:100 or 1:200 scale and show boundaries with elevations, clearly indicate the use of each section/room (including toilets, bin store, and grease trap if applicable), and list wall, floor, and ceiling finishes and all equipment and fittings. Temporary or mobile premises must also show layout, water supply, power supply, equipment, and fixtures.

How are fees handled after approval, and what happens when ownership changes?

Fees are invoiced on a pro-rata basis from the date of approval, followed by full fees annually thereafter. If ownership changes, a new application and registration are required and a pro-rata fee is charged for the new owner until the end of the financial year.

Aug 31, 2026

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