Food Business Notification Form

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  • This Food Business Notification form is designed for a single business location. Where a food business sells food from multiple locations a separate form must be completed for each location.

  • Food Business Ownership Details

  • The Australian Company Number (ACN) applies to Companies registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The ACN is mandatory if your business is a company. A company can be a Proprietary Limited (Pty Ltd) Unlimited Proprietary (Pty) Limited (Ltd) or No Liability (NL)

  • All written communications with the proprietor of a food business will be sent to this address or via email.

  • All phone communications with the proprietor of a food business will be to this number. A mobile, fax or email contact is optional.

  • Business Location Information

    The address information in this section relates to information about the business location. This may be different to the business owner address information.

  • Optional entry if the business is not required to have an ABN. All businesses with an annual turnover of $50 000 or non-profit organisations with an annual turnover of $100 000 require an ABN. Organisations with a lower annual turnover may choose to register for an ABN. Contact the Australian Taxation office for information on applying for an ABN. Phone 13 28 61.

  • This is a mandatory entry if you trade other than under your own personal name. If the food business has been registered under the National Corporations Act 2001 administered by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), then the registered company name should be entered here. If the food business has been registered under state or territory legislation and not under the National Corporations Act 2001, then that registered business name should be entered here. If you are unsure if you are legally required to have a registered business name contact the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs on (08) 8204 9779

  • This is required if the business does not have a registered business name. If a business name is not registered, indicate the name under which the business is known or operates.

  • This business location must be a street address, not a post office box or similar postal address.

  • A business will select one of the 3 options. A street address indicates a business such as a retail shop, factory, food transport depot or similar permanent premises. Two options are provided for mobile food vending / transport vehicles. For mobile vehicles stationed at a permanent location such as a pie cart operating from a leased site select the second option. A business operating a mobile vehicle such as an ice-cream van or a food transport vehicle delivering food would tick the third option to show the address where the vehicle is normally garaged.

  • Only include those employees handling food.

  • Example: Two full time employees plus three employees working half time would equal 3.5 full time equivalent employees. Only include those employees handling food.

  • The date when the business began at this location. If an exact date is not know provide the year.

  • Name of person nominated as Food Safety Supervisor

  • Food Business Sector Information

    The following food business sector questions are mandatory. Businesses will be categorised under three sectors - manufacturing, retail & food service and distribution. It is possible for a business to select more than one sector. For example a large bakery manufacturing products primarily for wholesale may also have a retail outlet on the same site. In this case both the manufacturing sector and retail and food service sector would be selected. Alternatively a bakery predominately operating as a retailer should tick the retail and food service sector not the manufacturing sector.

    Please tick one or more of the appropriate box(s) below to indicate the sector or sectors in which your business operates. 

  • Select all that apply

  • Manufacturing Sector

    This food sector is subdivided into broad categories based on the type of food produced. There is an option for OTHER to cover a food type that does not fit into one of the defined food categories. A food business may choose more than one category of food.

  • Low risk food is a food that is unlikely to contain pathogenic (potentially harmful) micro organisms and will not normally support their growth due to food characteristics. Examples are grains and cereals, bread, carbonated beverages, sugar-based confectionery, alcohol and fats and oils.

  • A pathogen reduction step is a processing step that significantly reduces the microbial population present in a food material. Examples are cooking, pasteurisation, canning or fermentation or any other processing step that is capable of significantly reducing the level of pathogenic organism present.

  • Uncooked fermented comminuted meat products are manufactured and processed meat products such as salami and mettwurst that do not include cooking in the process of manufacture.

  • Retail and Food Service Sector

    The retail and food service sector is based on the type of business description. Within this group is a sub group defined as businesses serving at risk persons. These businesses will be classified as high priority. The category OTHER is also included for businesses not covered in the provided options.

  • Tick only one that represents the predominant description of the business.

  • Low risk food is a food that is unlikely to contain pathogenic (potentially harmful) micro-organisms and will not normally support their growth due to food characteristics. Examples are grains and cereals, bread, carbonated beverages, sugar-based confectionery, alcohol and fats and oils. For the retail and food service sector low risk food also includes whole fruit and vegetables.

    A medium risk food is a food that may contain pathogenic (potentially harmful) micro-organisms but will not normally support their growth due to food characteristics; or food that is unlikely to contain pathogenic micro-organisms due to food type or processing but may support formation of toxins or growth of pathogenic micro-organisms. Examples are cut fruit and vegetables, orange juice, canned meats, pasteurised milk, dairy products, ice cream, peanut butter and milk-based confectionery.

  • Distribution Sector

    Food transport includes general carriers that transport food.

  • Tick one only

  • Low risk food is a food that is unlikely to contain pathogenic (potentially harmful) micro-organisms and will not normally support their growth due to food characteristics. Examples are grains and cereals, bread, carbonated beverages, sugar-based confectionery, alcohol and fats and oils. For the retail and food service sector low risk food also includes whole fruit and vegetables.

    A medium risk food is a food that may contain pathogenic (potentially harmful) micro-organisms but will not normally support their growth due to food characteristics; or food that is unlikely to contain pathogenic micro-organisms due to food type or processing but may support formation of toxins or growth of pathogenic micro-organisms. Examples are cut fruit and vegetables, orange juice, canned meats, pasteurised milk, dairy products, ice cream, peanut butter and milk-based confectionery.

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