Technical reference
Everything in the table is law, not guidance. It is a summary, so read the Act for your business and confirm with the regulator. In Singapore the Food Safety and Security Act 2025 commences in stages, and its licensing parts had not commenced when this was read in October 2026, so the older Acts apply. When they do commence, expect one food business licence.
Parameters
| New South Wales | Notify the enforcement agency. A Food Authority licence for scheme businesses, such as meat, dairy, seafood, plant products, eggs and vulnerable persons. A licensed business doesn't also notify |
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| Victoria | Register with the council by class, 1 to 4 (class 4 notifies). Temporary and mobile premises use Streatrader. Safe Food Victoria licenses dairy, meat, poultry, seafood and new or emerging foods |
| Queensland | Local government licence for licensable businesses, including manufacturing and retail of unpackaged food |
| Western Australia | Register each premises with the local government |
| South Australia | Notify the council. A new proprietor notifies a transfer within 14 days |
| Tasmania | Notify the council. Register where a Gazette notice names your class of business |
| ACT | Register with the Chief Health Officer. Display the |
| Northern Territory | Register with the Chief Health Officer, applying within the 30 days before you start. Display the notice |
| New Zealand | Register a or . Template plans go to the council, custom plans to MPI. Have it after you start |
| Singapore | SFA licence: retail and catering under the Environmental Public Health Act, non-retail under the Sale of Food Act |
| Malaysia | Register the premises with the Ministry of Health through FoSIM, valid up to 3 years. Hold a separate local authority licence |
| If permission is missing | Don't trade from that site until it is in place, and tell whoever is accountable |
Records that prove it
- Permission held for each site and activity, with its regulator
- Application, with plans and any programme submitted
- Current licence, certificate or notice, and where it is displayed
- Conditions, and who has read them
- Expiry, renewal and verification dates, with an owner
- Each notice of change, with its date
- On a sale: who applied, when, and the confirmation
CCP or prerequisite?
That depends on the for your process. The number, if it has one, belongs to your plan.