Mosman Municipal Council

Environment

• Environmental management
• CEC
• Trees
• Bushland and Biodiversity
• Pests and Weeds
• Gardening
• Coastal and Marine
• Water Management
• Ecologically Sustainable Living
• Atmospheric Environment
• Food Safety
  • Mosman Council's food safety program
  • Legislation and Standards
  • Scores on Doors
  • Management of your food premises
  • Food safety supervisors
  • Requirements for new premises
  • Temporary food stalls
  • Making a complaint
  • Food safety information for businesses
  • Food handler seminars
  • Helpful hints for consumers
• Public Health
• Noise

A person selling food or operating stalls and outlets used for selling food, produce, fruits and vegetables or pre-packaged food for human consumption, is deemed to be a ‘food business’.

A ‘food business’ is required to sell safe and suitable food in accordance with the provisions of the NSW Food Act 2003 and particularly Food Standards Code 3.1.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3.

Food stalls are required to be constructed and operated in accordance with the following guidelines:

• Food handling guidelines for temporary events

Applications for approval of temporary food stalls at festivals, markets and outdoor events are to be submitted by the organiser or coordinator of an event to Mosman Council. Applications are also required to comply with Council’s event management and sustainability policies. For all outdoor events, festivals and markets please refer to Council’s Venue Hire information.

Further event information can be found via the following contacts:

• Venue hire and outdoor events involving 250 people or less please contact Kate Pires 9932 4502.
• Outdoor events of over 250 people are classified as Special Events. Please contact Skye Paton 9978 4106.
• Mosman Village Art & Craft Market – please contact the Market Information Line 9978 4181.

It is the responsibility of the event organiser 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 Council.

• Application to Hold a Street Stall (PDF 114KB)

Finally all temporary food events, food stalls, festivals and markets need to be registered with the NSW Food Authority on-line at www.foodnotify.nsw.gov.au. On-line notifications are free. Manual notification incurs a fee of $50. For enquiries regarding these notifications contact the NSW Food Authority on 1300 552 406 or at contact@foodauthority.nsw.gov.au