If you are intending to start a new business preparing or selling food to the public (this includes a Food Stall) you must register your business with the Council. You may also require a Building Consent or Resource Consent. Our team may contact you if a consent is required.
If you are taking over an existing food premises, you will need to operate under the Food Act 2014. Food control plans and national programmes are non-transferable. You will therefore be required to apply for a new food control plan, or a new national programme.
The following are forms designed to assist you:
- Registration of a new food business
- Registration renewal of a Food Business and
- MPI’s Scope of Operations
If you intend to sell or supply alcohol, you will be required to apply for a liquor licence as well. Please refer to Alcohol Licensing for further information.
- Please refer to the current fees and charges register for costs relating to registering and operating a food business.
Food Stalls
To prepare and/or sell food from a stall you are required to be registered under the Food Act 2014. If you are an event organiser, market operator or food stall vendor, it is important you understand the Council's rules for food stalls in a market. The following rules are provided as a guide:
If you operate your food business under a Food Control Plan or National Programme you must:
- display your food registration at all times in full view of the public
- continue to manage your food stall under your registered food control plan or national programme whilst operating at a market.
If your food business does not meet the defined risk based measures (for example; a Food Control Plan or National Programme 1,2 or 3) you may be exempt from registration. If you are exempt from any of the above, you will need to register for an event with Council by completing and submitting a One Day Event Application Form.
You can visit MPI website “Food Safety Rules?” as a simple and easy to help you discover if you need a Food Control Plan, or to operate under a National Programme, or can be exempt.
The following are forms to assist you:
- Notification of a Fundraising Food Stall
- MPI’s Scope of Operations (Template Food Control Plan)
- Temporary Food Stall Requirements
Please refer to the current fees and charges register for costs relating to registering and operating a food business.
