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Food safety at events
Find out what's required when selling food at events.
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Register food vendors for my event
As an event organiser you need to provide us with information about any food stalls and their food safety.
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Apply for a food registration
Apply for a food registration to sell food as a business in Hamilton.
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Renew your food registration
Renew your food registration to sell food as a business in Hamilton.
What you need to know
Who needs a food registration?
To sell food you need to have a registration under the Food Act 2014.
Businesses that need a food registration certificate to sell food include:
- restaurants, cafes and takeaway shops
- dairies, supermarkets and online stores
- food stalls and food trucks
- food manufacturers and growers, like brewers or honey producers
- transport businesses that handle food.
What level of registration?
To apply for a registration first you need to work out the level of registration you need.
Find out which level applies to you
MPI 's food business levy
From 1 July 2025, MPI will begin charging - via councils - a new levy (mandatory fee) for all food businesses. The new levy was created under the new legislation and is for MPI to complete (at a national level) education, support to meet food safety standards, increased monitoring and enforcement, national campaigns and updated rules and standards.
The levy is a compulsory annual charge for each food business being phased in over three years (increasing each year) and includes an $11 administration fee.
More information about the levy is available on MPI's website.
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Last updated 18 August 2022