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