Food Safety Fees and Charges


Food Act

New Registration

  Fees 2026/27
Food Control Plan (FCP) – fixed fee single site$186.00
Food Control Plan (FCP) – single site 
plus additional fee per half hour after the first hour
$93.00
FCP – fixed fee multi-site$278.00
FCP – multi site
plus additional fee per half hour after the first hour
$93.00
National Programme (NP) - fixed fee$186.00
National Programme (NP) plus additional fee per half hour after the first hour$93.00
Consultancy rate/hour (optional) – new business set up assistance/preopening visit$186.00
FCP Mentoring (optional) - fixed fee$371.00

Registration Renewal

  Fees 2026/27
12 month renewal - fixed fee FCPs single site$186.00
12 month renewals - fixed fee FCPs multi-site$278.00
24 month renewals - fixed fee NPs$206.00
24 month renewal -fixed fee NPS
plus additional fee per half hour after the first hour
$93.00
FCP Mentoring - fixed fee$371.00

Compliance and Monitoring

  Fees 2026/27
FCP – annual fixed fee (incl those FCPs registered before 1 March 2016)$93.00
NP – 24 month fixed fee$186.00

Verification (Audit)

  Fees 2026/27
FCP – fixed fee single site audit$371.00
FCP – single site audit
plus additional fee per half hour after the first 2 hours
$93.00
FCP – fixed fee multi-site audit$371.00
FCP – multi site audit
plus additional fee per half hour after the first 2 hours
$93.00
FCP Audit close-out over 15 minutes - fee per hour$186.00
NP1 Check (one-off) - fee per hour$186.00
NP2 Audit – 3 yearly - fee per hour$186.00
NP3 Audit – 2 yearly - fee per hour$186.00

Complaint Driven Investigation

  Fees 2026/27
Complaint resulting in issue of improvement notice by Food Safety Officer and its review - fee per hour plus actual travel costs and disbursements$186.00

Exemption

  Fees 2026/27
Application & Assessment - fee per hour$186.00

Travel Charges (applied to fees above as appropriate)

  Fees 2026/27
Zone 2 (Mackenzie District Council) - charge per visitActual cost
Actual Travel Costs where applicable charged at 95 cents per km$1.00
Actual Travel Costs where applicable plus staff travel time at $180 per hour$186.00

Mobile Trading

  Fees 2026/27
Mobile Shop and Trader license$186.00
Mobile Shop and Trader License compliance inspection if required (per inspection) fixed fee for the first hour$186.00
Mobile Shop and Trader License compliance inspection if required (per inspection) and fixed fee per 30 minutes or part thereof after that$93.00