VictoriaCouncils
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
Register or notify via FoodTrader before operating a home-based food business.
Notification form
- Boroondara Council
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
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
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
Food Act registration via FoodTrader portal. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.
Notification form
- Hume Council
Link pending
- Kingston Council
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
Food premises registration through FoodTrader. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.
Notification form
- Maribyrnong Council
Register via FoodTrader. Home-based businesses contact Environmental Health before starting.
Notification form
- Maroondah Council
Link pending
- Melbourne Council
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
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
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
Food premises registration via FoodTrader. Contact Environmental Health before fit-out. Home-based food businesses contact Environmental Health before operating.
Notification form
- Stonnington Council
Register food premises through FoodTrader. Home-based businesses contact Environmental Health early.
Notification form
- Whitehorse Council
Register food premises on FoodTrader. Home kitchen class determined by EHO.
Notification form
- Whittlesea Council
Link pending
- Wyndham Council
Link pending
- Yarra Council
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.
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.