TEMPORARY FOOD STALL

Ensuring Food Safety and compliance in Cook Shire

Food stalls refer to temporary set-up or premises (often a shelter with three walls) to prepare, or handle unpackaged food for retail sale at specific organised markets and events. A temporary food stall licence is for stalls that are temporary in nature and do not operate from the one location day in and day out.

This would require a food business licence as a temporary food stall. You will require one licence per stall. This type of licence allows you to operate within approved markets and events in Cook Shire.

You DO need a licence if you are preparing or handling unpackaged food for retail sale, that could include:

• cutting or juicing fresh fruit or vegetables
• baked goods with fruit, dairy fillings or icings
• yoghurt
• takeaway foods such as hamburgers, hot dogs, pizzas, hot chips or curry
• cooked meat such as sausage sizzle or barbecue
• cooked pasta or lasagne
• food for taste testing
• any other unpackaged food that is not exempt.

You DO NOT need this licence if you are only:

• selling drinks such as tea, coffee, soft drinks, alcohol
• selling whole fruit or vegetables
• selling unpackaged snacks such as baked goods without cut fruit, dairy filling or icings
• grinding coffee beans
• selling ice/flavoured ice made onsite
• selling pre-packaged food (prepared by licenced food business).

Non-profits do not need a licence unless they are selling meals 12 or more times a year. A meal is food served with cutlery and requires seating. For example, a sausage sizzle is not considered a meal that requires seating and use of cutlery.