Food Safety Fees and Charges

Food Act

New Registration

  Fees 2023/24
Food Control Plan (FCP) – single site$150 fixed fee
plus $75 per half hour after the first hour
FCP – multi site$225 fixed fee
plus $75 per half hour after the first hour
National Programme (NP)$150 fixed fee
plus $75 per half hour after the first hour
Consultancy (optional) – new business set up assistance/preopening visit$150 per hour
FCP Mentoring (optional)$300 fixed fee

Registration Renewal

  Fees 2023/24
12 month renewal - FCPs single site$150 fixed fee
12 month renewals - FCPs multi-site$225 fixed fee
24 month renewals - NPs$200 fixed fee
FCP Mentoring$300 fixed fee

Compliance and Monitoring

  Fees 2023/24
FCP – annual (incl those FCPs registered before 1 March 2016) $75 fixed fee
NP – 24 month $150 fixed fee

Verification (Audit)

  Fees 2023/24
FCP – single site audit$300 fixed fee plus $75 per half hour after the first 2 hours
FCP – multi site audit$300 fixed fee plus $75 per half hour after the first 2 hours
FCP Audit close-out over 15 minutes$150 per hour
NP1 Check (one-off)$150 per hour
NP2 Audit – 3 yearly$150 per hour
NP3 Audit – 2 yearly$150 per hour

Complaint Driven Investigation

  Fees 2023/24
Complaint resulting in issue of improvement notice by Food Safety Officer and its review$150 per hour plus actual travel costs and disbursements

Exemption

  Fees 2023/24
Application & Assessment $150 per hour

Travel Charges (applied to fees above as appropriate)

  Fees 2023/24
Zone 2 (Mackenzie District Council)$55 fixed charge per visit
Actual Travel CostsWhere applicable, charged at 85 cents per km plus staff travel time at $150 per hour

Mobile Trading

  Fees 2023/24
Mobile Shop and Trader License $180.00
Mobile Shop and Trader License compliance inspection if required
(per inspection)
$180.00 for the first hour and $90.00 per 30 minutes of part thereof after that