Food Safety
Council promotes food safety across the district by supporting local food businesses and community groups to maintain high standards of safety and hygiene. Council’s Environmental Health Officer (EHO) provides advice, education and regulatory services to ensure compliance with Food Safety Standards.
Our role includes:
- Promoting safe food handling practices through education and advice.
- Conducting announced and unannounced food safety inspections.
- Investigating food safety complaints and concerns.
- Undertaking food safety audits of businesses serving vulnerable populations.
- Assisting SA Health with food recalls and food poisoning outbreaks.
Additional Food Safety Resources
The SA Health website provides a large array of information for Food Safety in relation to businesses.
All food businesses are required to ensure that everyone who handles food for sale in their business has skills and knowledge appropriate to their activities. Council is assisting food businesses to meet these obligations by providing free access to an online training tool.
SA Health proudly supports Department of Health Victoria's 'DoFoodSafely' Program. You will need to complete the following topics:
- Why food safety?
- Personal hygiene
- Food handling
- Food contamination
- Food delivery, storage, and display
- Cleaning and sanitising
- Food allergens
You must score above 90% to receive a certificate.
Visit Do Food Safely to conduct your training now.
Mobile food vans are food businesses designed to be moved from place to place and more regular in their operations and can include a vehicle, trailer, van, tent, stall, table, barbeque, pizza oven or other mobile structures.
Download the Mobile Food Vending Application Form and return to Council for processing.
Temporary food stalls can include a booth, tent, marquee or other temporary equipment, such as a trestle table and barbeque. Download the Design and Operation of a Temporary Food Stall which is the minimum standard expected of food businesses and food handlers.
Download the Small Event Application Form if you wish to hold a temporary food stall event. There is a section in the form to list the types of food intended for sale. Council’s Environmental Health Officer may contact you for further information regarding your food activities
Please note that you still require a FBN regardless if you're operating as a temporary food business. This includes 'once off' events.
If a major event is being held on Council land, it is required that the organiser of the event collect information regarding the food businesses intending to operate.
Go to the Event Permit Application information page here and return the correct application to Council for processing.