Food health and safety
Council’s Environmental Health Officers routinely inspect all food premises to ensure compliance with the Food Act 2001 and the Food Standards Code.
New food business notification form
Before commencing operation, new food businesses are required to notify us and complete a New Food Business Notification Form.
Food health and safety complaints
Complaints regarding food premises, food handling, and food poisoning are investigated by the Health Services team. An Environmental Health Officer can be contacted if you have any concerns about the following issues:
- Poor handling of food in a food business
- The cleanliness of a food business
- Pests found within a food premises
- Unsatisfactory food storage
- The sale of unsafe or unsuitable food (including contamination with foreign matter and food poisoning)
Notifiable contaminants
For information on notifiable contaminants that could impact your food business please refer to SA Health's Notifiable contaminants: Information for food businesses.
Routine inspections and investigations
Council’s Environmental Health Officers also routinely inspect all food premises to ensure compliance with the Food Act 2001 and Food Regulations 2017. Tasks undertaken by Council’s Environmental Health Officers include:
- Routine inspection of food premises
- Food complaint investigations
- Investigation of food poisoning cases
- Food premises auditing
Food Inspection Fees (GST exempt)
(Effective 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023)
| Fee Type | Fee amount |
| Food Caravan/Trailer Inspection Fee | $ 67.00 |
| Food Transport Business Inspection | $ 67.00 |
| Home Activity Inspection | $ 67.00 |
| Mobile Food Van | $ 67.00 |
| Food Business Inspection (small) | $134.00 |
| Food Business Inspection (large) | $334.00 |
| Safe Drinking Water Inspection | $134.00 |
| Complaint/Re-Inspection Fee (discretionary) | $134.00 |
| Food Audit Fee | $560.00 |
| Food Grade Thermometer | $ 40.00 |
SA Health provides useful resources on food safety for businesses. If you have any food safety and hygiene concerns, please contact Council’s Health Services team on (08) 8563 8444.