What do you need to know?
• You can only sell food you've made to another business if:
◦◦ it does not change the main purpose of what you do (i.e. sell your food direct to consumers), and
◦◦ you don’t have to do anything different to your food (e.g. change the way you package or label it).
◦◦ Any businesses that you supply can only sell your food direct to their consumers, and not to other businesses. Examples of people that can use this plan include bakers who sell pies, cakes, slices etc. to café’s or retail butchers providing sausages/
steaks etc. to restaurants.
• When your food leaves your premises, you can no longer keep it safe and suitable – you rely on others to do this for you.
• You need to know the names and contact details of any businesses you regularly supply so you can recall any food if there is any problem.
• Anyone who consumes your food needs to know what is in it. If you are supplying other businesses that sell your food, you need to provide them with enough
information so that they can answer any questions about what’s in your food.
• If you find you are mostly making food to sell to other businesses, you might be using the wrong plan. Contact MPI (foodactinfo@mpi.govt.nz) for help.
• If you want to supply your products to another business in packaging they specify (e.g. with their branding) instead of in ways you use to supply your own customers, you cannot use this plan. Contact MPI (foodactinfo@mpi.govt.nz) for help.
What do you need to do?
• You must keep a record of:
◦◦ any businesses that you knowingly supply food to,
◦◦ the product(s) you have supplied them,
◦◦ the amount you have supplied them,
◦◦ the date you supplied them.
• You must provide all food businesses that sell your food enough information so that they can answer any questions about what’s in your food. Follow the 'Packaging and labelling your food' and 'Knowing what's in your food' cards.
• You must tell any business that you supply how to keep your food safe, and how long it can be kept before being used or thrown out.
• You must not change the way you package or label food from the way you do for your own consumers, even if a business you are supplying requests it.
• If you discover something wrong with the food that you supplied to a business, you must follow the ‘Recalling your food’ and ‘When something goes wrong’ cards.
What do you need to show?
• Show your verifier a record of:
◦◦ any businesses that you knowingly supply food to,
◦◦ the product(s) you have supplied them,
◦◦ the amount you have supplied them,
◦◦ the date you supplied them.
• Show or explain to your verifier:
◦◦ how you know that any business you supply food to sells it direct to their consumer,
◦◦ how any food you supply to other businesses is packaged and (if applicable) labelled.
