Temporary Food Stall Applications
Applications for approval for temporary food stalls are to be submitted by the organiser or coordinator of an event. Generally the City does not give approval to individual food stall operators with approvals only being granted to food stalls which are associated with festivals, fairs, exhibitions, sporting events and the like.
It is the event organiser’s responsibility to ensure that the “Details of Temporary Food Stall Forms” are filled out by the individual stall operators and returned to the organiser. The organiser must then submit these together with the “Temporary Food Stalls Event Register” and the Section 68 Approval Application forms to the City.
All applications may be forwarded to the City of Sydney C/- Town Hall House, GPO Box 1591, Sydney 2001 or deliver it to Council's One Stop Shop on level 2 Town Hall House, 456 Kent Street, Sydney or faxed to 02 9265 9750. They should all be marked to the attention of:
Health Inspections Unit
Tel: 02 9265 9597
TemporaryFood@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Then the application will be assessed.
Approval fees are not to be forwarded with the application nor are individual stall holders to be advised to send in cheques to the City.
Applications must be submitted at least two weeks before an event is to take place.
All payment/fees MUST be received by council two weeks prior to the event.
Finally all temporary food events need to be registered with the NSW Food Authority online at www.foodnotify.nsw.gov.au. Online notifications are free.
For enquiries regarding these notifications contact the NSW Food Authority:
Tel: 1300 552 406
Email: contact@foodauthority.nsw.gov.au
For further information on applicable food standards legislation and food safety issues visit the Food Standards website: www.foodstandards.gov.au
Downloads
- Temporary Food Stalls Event Register Form | PDF 130Kb
This form must be completed by the event organiser only. Do not provide these to individual stall operators. They only need to complete the “Details of Temporary Food Stall” form.
- Details of Temporary Food Stall Form | PDF 133Kb
This form must be completed by each individual stall operator and returned to the event organiser. Failure to do so could result in approval delays or refusal for individual stall operators.
These fact sheets set out the food safety requirements for all stalls. It is again the event organiser’s responsibility to distribute these requirements to all the food stall operators.
As the organisers usually provide the stalls they should note that the standard fete type stalls maybe too small for cooking operations. As cooking, food preparation and storage is often conducted at the rear of the stall this area must be provided with overhead cover such as a tarpaulin attached to the stall or alternatively and second stall. Also impervious ground cover must be provided.
This sheet provides additional information including approval fees. These fees have been adopted by Council as listed in the City’s “Fees and Charges Schedule.”
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