The Food Unit continues to issue a number of the important documents for local government. Some of these documents cannot be placed directly onto the website because of the potential of copying by people other than authorised officers (such as authorised officer identification). The Food Unit would like each local government to provide a single point of contact.

Please provide a single point of contact as soon as possible to foodunit@health.wa.gov.au . This information will be programmed into the Food Unit database. The Food Unit must be notified should this single point of contact change (provision may exist for reasonable amount of redundancy – so consider a deputy etc.). Information received from a non-designated source will not be processed.

The following is now available from the Food Unit:

• Certificate of Authority

The following documents are available to assist local government in implementing the Food Act 2008

• Preparing for the Food Act 2008: Checklist for Local Government (PDF 114KB)

• Template letter for food businesses on Food Act 2008:
  PDF document (21KB) 
  Online Word document (80KB) - Local Government can add the name, address and contact details in the highlighted fields

• WA Food Regulation: Temporary and Mobile Food Businesses (PDF 287KB) and associated Food Act 2008 Fact Sheet 11: Management of Temporary and Mobile Food Businesses (PDF 247KB)

• WA Food Regulation: Food Business Risk Profiling (PDF 777KB)

• Food Act 2008 Notification/Registration Form (Word Doc 176KB) - Local Government are welcome to adapt the registration form to their desired format.

• Food Act 2008 Fact Sheet 2: Registration of a Food Business (PDF 220KB)
  Attachment 1: Overview of registration provisions of the Food Act 2008 (PDF 107KB)

• Food Act 2008 Certificate of Registration of a Food Business (Word Doc 127KB) - Local Government are welcome to adapt the certificate to their desired format.

• Food Act 2008 Fact Sheet 3: Exempted Food Businesses (PDF 110KB)

• Food Act 2008 Fact Sheet 4: Authorised Officers (PDF 105KB) - This document provides guidance to enforcement agencies on the appointment of authorised officers under the Food Act 2008.

• Food Act 2008 Fact Sheet 5: The Food Act 2008, the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and animals in food premises (PDF 157KB)

• Guideline on the Appointment of Authorised Officers (PDF 100KB)

• Guideline on the Appointment of Authorised Officers - Designated Officers Only (PDF 104KB) - This document is to be read in conjunction with the 'Guideline on the Appointment of Authorised Officers' above.

• Notification of Conviction Online Form (PDF 157KB) - Local Government can add details in the highlighted fields

• WA Food Regulation: Compliance and Enforcement Guideline (PDF 354KB) - This guideline is under review

• WA Food Regulation: Roles and Responsibilities of Enforcement Agencies in WA (PDF 227KB)