Find information on selling food at events including fairs, markets, sausage sizzles and fundraising stalls, as well as relevant application forms.
Event and Market Organisers
If you are organising an event or a market where people will be selling food you need to communicate with our Compliance team to check that each food operator has the appropriate approval first.
You'll need to provide our Compliance team with a list of people selling food at the event, and their contact details, at least 20 working days before the event. We will then work with any food operators that need approval.
Mobile food businesses (including mobile stalls) must be registered to sell food and display a current copy of their registration certificate while they are trading.
If you have a mobile food businesses that is registered outside of the Horowhenua District you will need to apply for a permit to trade at events within the District.
Please complete the application form below to apply for a permit to trade.
Application for Permit to Trade for Mobile Shops (Print Version)(PDF, 149KB)
Next steps for Completed print applications
There is a clear exemption in the Food Act 2014 to the requirement to be a registered food business if you are selling food for fundraising (with some conditions). If you sell food for fundraising in the Horowhenua District at events, markets or from a stall you will need to complete an application for a permit. Permits will only be issued to people / organisations who meet the following criteria:
- a person or group of persons who are trading in food for the sole purpose of raising money for a charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, or cultural purpose; and
- the fundraising activity is carried out on no more than 20 occasions in any calendar year; and
- the person or group of persons does not sell food online or though social media, eg Facebook.
Apply online for a Permit to Sell Food for Fundraising
Application for Permit to Sell Food for Fundraising (Print Version)(PDF, 88KB)
Next steps for Completed print applications
If you are not fundraising and are not a registered food business and you are planning on selling food from a stall or at an event or market in the Horowhenua District, then you will need to complete an application form for a permit. Permits will only be issued to people who meet the following criteria:
- the person or group of persons applying are selling food for personal profit (excluding fundraising) and
- the person or group of persons applying sell food on no more than one occasion in any calendar year (January to December) and
- the person or group of persons do not sell food online or though social media, eg Facebook.
Online Application for a Permit to Sell Food.
Application for Permit to Sell Food (Print Version)(PDF, 91KB)
Next steps for Completed print applications
Once completed, your application form can be:
- scanned and emailed to recordsprocessing@horowhenua.govt.nz; or
- posted to Horowhenua District Council, Private Bag 4002, Levin 5540; or
- delivered to Horowhenua District Council's Customer Service Centre at 126 Oxford Street, Levin; or
- faxed to (06) 366 0983.
If you have any queries, please contact Council's Environmental Health Officer on (06) 366 0999 or email enquiries@horowhenua.govt.nz
You may also wish to view the following guides on the Ministry for Primary Industries website: