Food Premises

The NSE Food Authority is the regulator for Food Premises throughout New South Wales. Councils role in ensuring compliance with the NSW Food Standards is to undertake food premise inspections on a yearly basis and any additional inspections required when food complaints are received by the Council or NSW Food Authority.

Council staff also undertake inspections associated with Mobile Food vendors, markets and temporary events (including local shows)

Forms

Notification of New/Ongoing Food Business(PDF, 132KB)

Notification of Food Safety Supervisor(PDF, 108KB)

Notification of Closure of Food Business(PDF, 51KB)

Section 68 Local Approval(PDF, 212KB)

Factsheets and Resources

Food Handler Basics Training

Food allergen rules

Be prepared, be allergy aware (for retail service)

Do I need a food label?

Food Labelling Assistant

Cleaning and Sanitisitng in Food Businesses

Handwashing in Food Businesses

Health and Hygiene of Food Handlers

Product Recall and Withdrawal Flowchart

Protecting Food from Contamination

Power of Authoirsed Officers

External Resources

Information on a number of food related factsheets, guides and policies can be found on the NSW Food Authority website.

Information on the new food safety requirement in the Australian New Zealand Food Standard Code came into effect 8 December 2023 some businesses have until 8 December 2024 for further information can be found on the Standard 3.2.2A Food Safety Managment Tools.