Streatrader is a state-wide online system for the registration or notification of temporary and mobile food premises, vending machines and water transport vehicles under the Food Act 1984.

You can use Streatrader to register your business or community group’s premises including: 

• Temporary food premises - temporary sites or stalls where food is sold. This includes stalls and tents at school fetes, markets, festivals and other short term events including sausage sizzles.
• Mobile food premises - vehicles such as vans, trailers or carts from which food is sold.
• Vending Machines – Food Vending Machines information.
• Water Transport Vehicles - A Water Transport Vehicle is operated by a private business and involves the delivery of water for sale to the public which is intended for: Human consumption or purposes connected with human consumption (such as preparation of food, making ice for consumption, or preserving unpackaged food). Please refer to Food safety regulations - water carters for more information.

To legally operate a temporary or mobile food premises in Victoria, you must:

• Step 1: Check if you need a Planning Permit and/or Building Permit - If you plan to store any equipment or other items related to your food business at a home residence you must enquire about your proposal to our Planning and Building departments. Check to determine whether your intended proposal requires further permits. If a Planning or Building Permit is required, do not commence any work on the food premises until you have received the required permits.
• Step 2: Check your home related activities - If you propose to handle any food at home such as pre-cutting any food, marinating meat or storing high risk foods you must first register your home kitchen and be approved by our Environmental Health Unit
• Step 3: You need to register a (class 1,2 & 3) or notify (class 4) your temporary and mobile food premises with your principle council via streatrader in order to operate anywhere in Victoria.

Your principal council is the council:

• in which your business prepares or stores food that is to be sold from a van, stall, or vending machine; or
• if food is not usually prepared or stored beforehand by your business - the district in which you usually store the equipment for a stall, or garage your food van or water transport vehicle; or
• if none of the above apply - the district in which your usual business address is located; or
• if none of the above are in Victoria - the district in which the food van, water transport vehicle, stall or vending machines will first operate in Victoria.

Once the relevant information on Streatrader is submitted to Wyndham City’s Environmental Health Unit, the relevant fee will be generated. This can be paid by phone, cheque or in person at the Wyndham Council Civic Centre. If paying in person, please provide your Streatrader registration number.

An inspection may be conducted (if applicable) to determine if the proposed food premises complies with the requirements under the Food Act 1984 and Australian Food Standards Code.

Once approved, your temporary / mobile food premises certificate will be emailed to you via Streatrader.

Food Safety Program

Class 2 food businesses must have a Food Safety Program. A range of approved Food Safety Program Templates is available on the Department of Health website.

Class 3 premises can choose to use either a Food Safety Program Template or utilise Class 3 Food Safety Guide when operating at an event.

If you a Community Groups and you are intending on operating as a community group you can obtain a Class 2 or a Class 3 Community Group Food Safety Program by visiting the Department of Health website.

Food Safety Supervisors / Food Handler Training

Class 2 food businesses must nominate a Food Safety Supervisor and submit to Council a Statement of Attainment which meets the Minimum Competency Standards for the food sector to which the business belongs. Please refer to the Department of Education & Training website for a list of Recognised Training Organisations who can provide accredited training.

If you are a Class 2 community group or a not for profit organisation you are only exempt from the Food Safety Supervisor requirement if you operate for no more than 2 consecutive days.

Additional Resources

The Department of Health has developed Do Food Safely, a free on-line learning program than can help improve your staff’s knowledge of safe food handling techniques.

Alternatively there is also an Environmental Health Australia on-line learning program named I’m ALERT food safety that can be completed.  

Fact Sheets

• Food safety tips - sausage sizzles
• Food safety tips - cake stalls
• Food safety regulations - cake stalls
• Wyndham City's Healthy BBQ Kit

Contact Details

• Email streatrader@health.vic.gov.au,
• Phone the Streatrader hotline on 13 22 15 or
• Contact Council's Environmental Health Unit on (03) 9742 0738.
• Wyndham Council Civic Centre 45 Princes Hwy, Werribee