All food sold within NSW must comply with the requirements of the NSW Food Act 2003, NSW Food Regulation2015 and the FSANZ Food Standards Code.
To register the sale of food at your event on public land and satisfy the notification requirement for food vendorsunder the Food Act 2003 you are required to:
Complete and return Councils ‘Section 68 Local Government Approval ‘Temporary Food Event (PublicLand) application form’ located on Council’s forms and fact sheets page under the forms section ‘FoodHandling’. Note: this form applies for approval under the Local Government Act 1993 to sell food on Public Land.
Distribute the ‘Temporary Food Event - Food Vendor Notification form’ located on Council’s forms and factsheets page under the forms section ‘Food handling’ to all food vendors. Note under the Food Act 2003, the proprietor of a foodbusiness, including a temporary food stall, must not conduct the food business unless the proprietor hasgiven written notice, in the approved form that is to be notified to the appropriate enforcement agency beforethe business is conducted.
Submit the completed Temporary Food Event Food Vendor Notification Form for each food vendor in onesubmission. (The ‘Temporary Food Event - Food Vendor Notification form’ form must be completed by eachfood vendor and returned to the nominated event organiser and submitted to Council at least fourteen (14)days prior to the event)
Approval will not be granted until both the Section 68 Local Government Temporary Event form has been submittedand each Food vendor has completed the Temporary Food Event - Food Vendor Notification form and all formssubmitted to Council by the event organiser. Penalties apply to businesses selling food without a validapproval.