Getting started in the food business.

Building a new food business or refurbishing an existing premises

Get planning advice
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Apply for a building consent
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Building and plumbing inspections
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Final approval for a Code of Compliance
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Environmental Health Officer First Schedule inspection
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Register food business

Useful information sheets

• Getting started in the food business (PDF 5.31mb)
• Summary of requirements for food premises (PDF 180kb)
• Registration and inspection (PDF 114kb)
• Grading of food premises (PDF 102kb)
• Building new or changing existing food premises (PDF 111kb)
• Pests in your food premises (PDF 103kb)

Home-based food businesses

If you intend to operate a home-based food business or manufacture food for sale from your home, you must construct a separate kitchen. It is illegal to prepare food intended for sale in your existing domestic kitchen.

• The fit out of the kitchen must comply with the First Schedule of the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 (PDF 181kb)
• The fit out must comply with the District Plan rules for home enterprises (select chapters / chapter 5 / search for chapter 5.18.5)
• Your business must also be registered and inspected by council.

 Read our home based food premises information sheet (PDF 84kb).

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