If you have a business that prepares or sells any food or drink, you will need to register with Wyndham City Council.
To start your food business, you will need to:
- check if you need a planning or building permit
- make sure your kitchen is suitable for the kind of food you are preparing
- prepare a Food Safety Program (FSP) if needed
- get all the documents you need and apply
- get any other permits you may need, like a footpath trading permit or a liquor licence.
Once you have applied for registration, one of our officers will review your application. If required, we may then be in touch to:
- request extra information
- book an initial site inspection.
Important: If the main purpose of your business is to sell, transport or prepare meat or seafood, you will need to register with PrimeSafe instead of Wyndham City Council.
If the main purpose of your business is to manufacture, distribute or carry dairy, you will need to register with Dairy Food Safety Victoria instead of Wyndham City Council.
If your business is a food truck, market stall, or temporary food premises, you will need to register with us via FoodTrader.
Check if you need a planning or building permit
You may need to get a planning permit or a building permit before you can register your food business.
This applies to both home-based businesses and businesses that operate from a commercial premises.
Planning permits
You may need to get a planning permit to change the use of your premises. For more information, see Applying for a planning permit.
Building permits
If you are planning to do any building works to your premises, you will need to get a building permit. This includes:
- commercial kitchen fitouts
- renovations
- converting a garage into a food preparation space.
See the Applying for a building permit page for more information.
Make sure your premises is suitable
To register your food business, you will need to make sure your premises or home is suitable for the kind of food business you have.
Read the design and construction guidelines
If you are starting a food business that operates from a commercial premises, visit the Design and construction guidelines for food businesses page.
If you are starting a food business that operates from your home, visit the Design and construction guidelines for home-based food businesses page.
Prepare a floor plan
When you submit your registration form, you will need to supply us with a floor plan of your premises. This might have different requirements to any plans you have to provide for your planning or building permit.
Your plan should be drawn to scale with dimensions and include:
- information about the intended use of each room or area in the premises
- location and type of all fittings and fixtures, furniture, shelving and benches
- surface finishes of walls, floors, ceilings, benches, shelves, splashbacks
- location and use of all sinks and basins.
Get advice on your floor plan
You can choose to submit your plan to us to get written advice on how to make sure your layout will meet the requirements of the Food Act 1984.
You can request this service for an additional fee when you apply for your registration.
Prepare a Food Safety Program
A Food Safety Program (FSP) is a document that sets out how your business prepares and handles food in a safe way. It is required for all Class 1 businesses and for some Class 2 businesses.
If you are using a non-standard FSP, you will need to also provide a Certificate of Adequacy from a Third-Party Auditor as part of your registration.
For more information about food safety programs and templates, see the Department of Health website.
Get all the documents you need and apply
To register a food business, you will need to give us:
- a floor plan showing every part of your premises
- a trade waste consent letter from Greater Western Water
- your food safety program (if needed)
- a food safety supervisor certificate
- an ASIC company extract dated within six months (if you are applying on behalf of a company)
- a description of your business including information about your food and how you make it.
Send your application form and any supporting documents to mail@wyndham.vic.gov.au.
One of our officers will review your application and get in touch if you need to give us any more information.
Prepare for an inspection
Once your application has been submitted, one of our environmental health officers will contact you to arrange a time to inspect your premises.
If your premises is suitable at inspection, you will be issued a certificate of registration under the Food Act 1984.
Other permits or licences you may need to get
Depending on your business, you may also need to apply for: