Renew your Food Act registration

Make sure your food business runs smoothly by keeping your registration is up to date. All registered food businesses must renew their registration each year under the Food Act 1984.

How to renew your Food Act registration

Step 1.Connect with our online health portal

Renewing your Food Act registration is easy with 24/7 access to our online health portal.

Renewal of registration notices are emailed to businesses using our Health Manager online registration system. If you don't already have access to the Health Manager online registration system, please call 03 9217 2170.

Step 2.Wait for your notice

We email businesses in mid-November with information on how to renew their Food Act registration. 

Step 3.Log into Health Manager portal

The business owner must log into the Health Manager online registration system to review and submit the renewal application. This will inform us if details have changed in the last 12 months. 

Step 4.Pay your renewal fee

The fee you pay depends on the type of food business you operate and the number of staff you have. Check below to see which fees apply to you.

Any food business that fails to pay for their renewal is considered unregistered. 

Step 5.Receive your certificate

Once your renewal payment has been processed, you will be issued with a certificate for the next year's registration.

Base renewal fees

The base renewal fee includes up to five full time staff (including owners and proprietors). Businesses that employ more than five employees must pay a staff fee. This is calculated on the number of part time and full time staff employed. Two part time staff equates to one full time staff member.

This staffing fee is necessary because larger businesses take longer to inspect than smaller ones.

Class 1 - Independent Food Safety Program third-party audited

$909.75 plus $27.75 staffing fee (for each staff member over five).

Class 2 – Food Safety Program – FSP/FSS

$619.95 plus $27.75 staffing fee (for each staff member over five).

Class 3 – low-risk unpackaged foods, warehouses, distributors, greengrocer, sport club canteens

$384 plus $27.75 staffing fee (for each staff member over five).

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