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Victoria Council - Food Forms & Rules

Victoria has 79 local government areas. Your food business notification, registration or licence usually starts with the council for the premises where you prepare or store food.

Official find-your-council directory: https://www.vic.gov.au/know-your-council

Metropolitan

  • Banyule Council

    Link pending

  • Bayside Council

    03 9599 4444

    Register or notify via FoodTrader before operating a home-based food business.

    Notification form

  • Boroondara Council

    03 9278 4444

    Food Act registration or notification via FoodTrader. Council assigns class 1–4. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Brimbank Council

    Link pending

  • Cardinia Council

    Link pending

  • Casey Council

    Link pending

  • Darebin Council

    03 8470 8888

    Register or notify through FoodTrader. Council assigns Food Act class. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Frankston Council

    Link pending

  • Glen Eira Council

    03 9524 3333

    Register via FoodTrader. Home-based low-risk packaged foods may be class 3 or 4.

    Notification form

  • Greater Dandenong Council

    Link pending

  • Hobsons Bay Council

    03 9932 1000

    Food Act registration via FoodTrader portal. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Hume Council

    Link pending

  • Kingston Council

    03 9581 5111

    Food Act registration via FoodTrader. Contact Environmental Health for class advice. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Knox Council

    Link pending

  • Macedon Ranges Council

    Link pending

  • Manningham Council

    03 9840 9333

    Food premises registration through FoodTrader. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Maribyrnong Council

    03 9688 0200

    Register via FoodTrader. Home-based businesses contact Environmental Health before starting.

    Notification form

  • Maroondah Council

    Link pending

  • Melbourne Council

    03 9658 9658

    All food premises must register under the Food Act 1984. Home-based businesses may need planning assessment under Clause 52.11 before operating.

    Notification form

  • Melton Council

    Link pending

  • Merri-bek City Council

    03 9240 1111

    Register or notify via FoodTrader. Council classifies premises by Food Act class. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Monash Council

    03 9518 3555

    Food premises registration through FoodTrader portal. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Moonee Valley Council

    Link pending

  • Mornington Peninsula Council

    Link pending

  • Nillumbik Council

    Link pending

  • Port Phillip Council

    03 9209 6777

    Food premises registration via FoodTrader. Contact Environmental Health before fit-out. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.

    Notification form

  • Stonnington Council

    03 8290 1333

    Register food premises through FoodTrader. Home-based businesses contact Environmental Health early.

    Notification form

  • Whitehorse Council

    03 9262 6333

    Register food premises on FoodTrader. Home kitchen class determined by EHO.

    Notification form

  • Whittlesea Council

    Link pending

  • Wyndham Council

    Link pending

  • Yarra Council

    03 9205 5555

    Food premises registration on FoodTrader. Contact council for home-based class advice.

    Notification form

  • Yarra Ranges Council

    Link pending

Regional

  • Alpine Council

    Link pending

  • Ararat Council

    Link pending

  • Ballarat Council

    Link pending

  • Bass Coast Council

    Link pending

  • Baw Baw Council

    Link pending

  • Benalla Council

    Link pending

  • Buloke Council

    Link pending

  • Campaspe Council

    Link pending

  • Central Goldfields Council

    Link pending

  • Colac Otway Council

    Link pending

  • Corangamite Council

    Link pending

  • East Gippsland Council

    Link pending

  • Gannawarra Council

    Link pending

  • Glenelg Council

    Link pending

  • Golden Plains Council

    Link pending

  • Greater Bendigo Council

    Link pending

  • Greater Geelong Council

    Link pending

  • Greater Shepparton Council

    Link pending

  • Hepburn Council

    Link pending

  • Hindmarsh Council

    Link pending

  • Horsham Council

    Link pending

  • Indigo Council

    Link pending

  • Latrobe Council

    Link pending

  • Loddon Council

    Link pending

  • Mansfield Council

    Link pending

  • Mildura Council

    Link pending

  • Mitchell Council

    Link pending

  • Moira Council

    Link pending

  • Moorabool Council

    Link pending

  • Mount Alexander Council

    Link pending

  • Moyne Council

    Link pending

  • Murrindindi Council

    Link pending

  • Northern Grampians Council

    Link pending

  • Pyrenees Council

    Link pending

  • Queenscliffe Council

    Link pending

  • South Gippsland Council

    Link pending

  • Southern Grampians Council

    Link pending

  • Strathbogie Council

    Link pending

  • Surf Coast Council

    Link pending

  • Swan Hill Council

    Link pending

  • Towong Council

    Link pending

  • Wangaratta Council

    Link pending

  • Warrnambool Council

    Link pending

  • Wellington Council

    Link pending

  • West Wimmera Council

    Link pending

  • Wodonga Council

    Link pending

  • Yarriambiack Council

    Link pending

PrimeSafe / Dairy Food Safety Victoria

Meat and seafood processing sits with PrimeSafe; dairy with Dairy Food Safety Victoria. Fixed premises register with the council where the premises sits. Regulator: PrimeSafe or Dairy Food Safety Victoria.

PrimeSafe or Dairy Food Safety Victoria guidance

Food-business links are added where verified. Councils marked link pending still need a checked form or registration page — use the official directory above or contact the council directly.