Home-based and mobile food businesses

If you're a home-based or mobile food business in the Northern Territory, there are rules that apply.

You must meet food safety standards and register your business.

Home-based food business

A home-based business is when you make food from home to sell to others.

It's suitable for small scale and low to medium risk food activities such as:

• baking cakes
• making jams and biscuits.

For more information about rules and requirements, read the home-based food business guidelines.

Home-based food business guidelines PDF (662.3 KB)
Home-based food business guidelines DOCX (77.8 KB)

Mobile food business

A mobile food business involves making and selling food from a mobile or temporary food premises like a food van or market stall.

For more information about rules and requirements, read the mobile and temporary food premises guidelines.

Mobile food and temporary food premises guidelines PDF (1.5 MB)
Mobile food and temporary food premises guidelines DOCX (2.7 MB)

Contact

For more information, contact Environmental Health. Get their contact details on the NT Health website.