If you are opening a cafe, restaurant, takeaway or similar food business in a fixed location, in a mobile shop or from a stall, you will likely need to register your business with council or with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Who needs a registration
As a general guide, any cafe, restaurant, takeaway, dairy, mobile shop, market stall or similar food business that prepares, packs, stores and handles food needs to be registered and operate under either a Food Control Plan or a National Programme.
Examples of food premises that require a registration include (but are not limited to):
- Restaurants, cafes & takeaway premises
- Fruit and& vegetable shops
- Bakeries
- Grocery shops and dairies
- Mobile shops
- Market stalls
- Early childcare education services
For more information on the type of registration you need please use the Ministry for Primary Industries Food Safety Rules tool
Guidelines for registering a food business
