Single approval for temporary & mobile food premises to operate in Victoria
A state-wide registration and notification scheme for temporary and mobile food premises applies under the Food Act 1984.
Depending on your food handling activities, if you operate a food van, food stall, food vending machines or a drinking water carting business you will only need to register with, or notify, the one council.
Under this new system, this will be with your "principal council". This is council district in Victoria:
Pilot study
Following the Ilhan Food Allergy Conference in November 2007, the Minister for Health Victoria announced funding for a pilot program, involving local councils, to educate hospitality staff about food allergens.
In January 2008 a working party chaired by Dr John Carnie, Chi