Skip to main content

How are food safety verification fees set across different Councils?

Answered Question 30719 (2026)
Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

Question

  • How are food safety verification fees set across different Councils?

Answered by

Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety

Answer

Local Councils are co-regulators under the Food Act. They set the fees and charges for the services and activities they deliver according to requirements and principles set out in the Food Act and Local Government Act 2002.