Who does not need a food business licence?

You do not need a food business licence if you undertake the following activities:

  • you only handle packaged food
  • you produce primary produce like milk or meat at a butcher, with accreditation. Refer to Safe Food Production Queensland for more information.
  •  you only sell unpackaged snack food, including:
    • croissants, crackers, friands, doughnuts, muffins, churros, biscuits or cakes without dairy fillings or dairy icings
    • carob, chocolates, chocolate bars, confectionery or muesli bars
    • dried vegetable chips, corn chips, potato chips or nuts
    • meat jerky, dried or glazed fruit
    • pretzels, popcorn, puffed rice, soy chips or toasted corn
  • you only sell whole fruit or vegetables
  • the only preparation carried out involves the grinding of coffee beans
  • you only sell the following, unless it forms a potentially hazardous food:
    • whole, crushed, puffed or toasted nuts, grains and seeds
    • quinoa, spices, dried herbs, tea leaves, coffee beans, cereals or cocoa
    • coconut, (uncooked) couscous, edible oil, flour, legumes, lentils, noodles, oats or pasta
    • preparations for spreading on bread like honey, peanut butter, hazelnut spread, vegemite, marmalade and jam
    • sugar and syrups like golden syrup, maple syrup, rice syrup, malt syrup, glucose syrup and coconut syrup
  • you only sell drinks (other than fruit or vegetable juice processed at the place of sale), including:
  • you only sell ice or flavoured ice, for example:
    • shaved ice or snow cones
    • slurpees.