Types of food and health business we monitor

All businesses that sell or handle food must be registered with one of the suitable registration authorities, under the Food Act 1984.

If you have a bricks and mortar food business or a food vehicle, you should register its location with us. In the case of a food van or similar, this would mean letting us know where it is garaged.

This applies to businesses such as supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, convenience stores, bakeries and fish and chip shops.

Find out more about registering your food business

We monitor public health businesses such as:

• hairdressers
• beauty parlours
• tattooists
• body piercers
• colonic irrigation

We monitor prescribed accommodation venues including:

• residential accommodation
• motels
• hotels
• hostels
• student dormitories
• holiday camps
• rooming houses

Find out more about registering your public health or accommodation business

We do not have authority over hospitals, dentists, medical clinics or allied health professionals.

To make a complaint or enquire about any of these types of businesses, contact the relevant organisations.

• Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
• Dental Health Services Victoria
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

We regularly sample the water of public swimming pools to ensure they comply with health regulations.

To enquire about our inspections or to make a complaint, contact us at publichealth@whittlesea.vic.gov.au or call 03 9217 2170.