Forms and documents for Food Act plans and programmes
Forms and documents you may need when registering a food control plan or national programme.
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27 February 2026: Updated Simply Safe and Suitable record blanks available
Updated Simply Safe and Suitable templates are available in Excel, Word, and PDF formats.
You can attach these cards to your 'My Food Plan' or your standard custom food control plan:
‘Ensuring your water is suitable’ (replaces ‘Suitable water’) [PDF, 380 KB]
‘Recalling your food or drink’ (replaces ‘Recalling your food’) [PDF, 287 KB]
Transporting food [PDF, 264 KB]
Packaging and labelling [PDF, 371 KB]
Sourcing and receiving food and drink [PDF, 452 KB]
Tracing food and drink [PDF, 317 KB]
The information has been pre-evaluated and doesn’t require further evaluation.
These templates provide a set of food safety procedures that you can tailor to suit your business needs.
Simply Safe & Suitable Template Food Control Plan (colour A5) [PDF, 3.3 MB]
Simply Safe & Suitable Template Food Control Plan (black and white A4) [PDF, 3.2 MB]
Wine Standards Management Plan [PDF, 1.4 MB]
Record blanks for winemakers [PDF, 2.6 MB]
Record blanks (template) for Simply Safe and Suitable [PDF, 2.3 MB]
Record blanks (template) for Simply Safe and Suitable [DOCX, 219 KB]
Record blanks (template) for Simply Safe and Suitable [XLSX, 489 KB]
Record keeping guidance for Simply Safe and Suitable [PDF, 2.1 MB]
Food safety template for cheesemakers [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Record blanks for cheesemakers [PDF, 1.5 MB]
Record blanks/forms for biltong makers [PDF, 325 KB]
Chinese Simplified
食品控制计划范本 (Simply Safe & Suitable template food control plan) 2023 colour A5 version [PDF, 1.6 MB]
《一级国家方案》指南 (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.6 MB]
《二级国家方案》指南 (National Programme 2) [PDF, 1.8 MB]
《三级国家方案》指南 (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.7 MB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Chinese Traditional
食品控制計劃範本 (Simply Safe & Suitable Template Food Control Plan) 2023 version [PDF, 1.3 MB]
一級國家方案指南 (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.9 MB]
二級國家方案指南 (National Programme 2) [PDF, 2 MB]
三級國家方案指南 (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.9 MB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 3 MB]
Hindi
नेशनल प्रोग्राम 1 गाइडेसं (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
नेशनल प्रोग्राम 2 गाइडेसं (National Programme 2) [PDF, 1.3 MB]
नेशनल प्रोग्राम 3 गाइडेसं (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Record Blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 3 MB]
Japanese
食品管理計画 テンプレート(Simply Safe & Suitable Template Food Control Plan) 2023 version [PDF, 2 MB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 3 MB]
Khmer/Cambodian
សេចក្តីណែនាំ កម្មវិធីជាតិទីមួយ (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
សេចក្តីណែនាំ កម្មវិធីជាតិទីពីរ (National Programme 2) [PDF, 1.3 MB]
សេចក្តីណែនាំ កម្មវិធីជាតិទីបី (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 3.1 MB]
Korean
표준 식품관리계획서 (Simply Safe & Suitable Template Food Control Plan) 2023 colour A5 version [PDF, 1.6 MB]
전국 식품관리 프로그램 1 지침 (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.3 MB]
전국 식품관리 프로그램 2 지침 (National Programme 2) [PDF, 1.5 MB]
전국 식품관리 프로그램 3 지침 (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Record Blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 2.8 MB]
Te Reo Māori
Kaupapa ā-Motu 1 Ārahitanga (National Programme 1) [PDF, 915 KB]
Kaupapa ā-Motu 2 Ārahitanga (National Programme 2) [PDF, 954 KB]
Kaupapa ā-Motu 3 Ārahitanga (National Programme 3) [PDF, 916 KB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Thai
คู่มือ โครงการ แห่งชาติ 1 (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
คู่มือ โครงการ แห่งชาติ 2 (National Programme 2) [PDF, 1.2 MB]
คู่มือ โครงการ แห่งชาติ 3 (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Turkish
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 3 MB]
Vietnamese
Hướng dẫn Chương trình Quốc gia số 1 Bạn (National Programme 1) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Hướng dẫn Chương trình Quốc gia số 2 (National Programme 2) [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Hướng dẫn Chương trình Quốc gia số 3 (National Programme 3) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Record blanks for food service and food retail (colour) [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Application forms
The term ‘Scope of Operations’ is used to describe the activities of your food business and also includes:
• the sector(s) a food business operates under the Food Act 2014,
• what products a food business makes and/or sells,
• how products are sourced and/or supplied,
• how products are processed, if applicable, and
• how products are sold.