Looking to start a food manufacturing business? In this blog post, we share 3 common mistakes that food business owners make when starting their food manufacturing business.
1. Buying a warehouse that’s not properly equipped
The first mistake that food manufacturing businesses often make is that they purchase warehouses that have not been equipped with a kitchen and have never had any food processing done.
Many business owners receive a major shock when they do by purchasing a warehouse that has never handled or prepared food prior, they’ll have to go through a development approval process due to the zone/material use of the building not been approved for a food business.
That’s why it’s always recommended that business owners engage food business consultants like Food Agent Australia, presale or pre-lease, so we can let you know what they’re getting into committing to a lease or purchase. The earlier in the process we can help you, the more money we can help you save along with avoiding possible headaches or issues!
2. Mislabelling your products
Product labelling in the industry is often found to be a confusing area for many food manufacturing business owners, with there being little guidance from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FANZ).
It’s very easy for owners to mislabel their products, whether by using free apps to create your nutritional panel or guessing important information such as shelf life often creates significant risk for manufacturing food businesses.
When working with Food Agent Australia, we help to mitigate such risk and ensure your labelling complies with FANZ through our labelling expert who signs off on any labels created for our clients.
Food Agent also offers shelf-life testing to ensure the compliance and accuracy of a given shelf-life.
3. False expectations when applying for a manufacturing food licence
Many Business owners falsely think that obtaining their food manufacturing business is just an online application that they need to submit and that’s it.
The manufacturing food licence application process is much more complicated than that, with different councils requiring different additional documents such as design drawings and a recall plan.
A major benefit of working with Food Agent Australia is that we know exactly what to do regarding food business licensing for many different councils, and we let you know the requirements needed upfront.
Ready to start a food manufacturing business?
If you’re ready to start your own food manufacturing business but don’t want to get caught up in the complexity of getting the correct licence required, contact Food Agent Australia online or call 0400 901 920
