Food licence lookup / uMgungundlovu
Certificate of Acceptability in the uMgungundlovu District
Food businesses in the 7 local municipalities of the uMgungundlovu District apply for their Certificate of Acceptability at the district’s environmental health office, not at their local municipality.
uMgungundlovu District Municipality
Apply to this district’s environmental health office for your Certificate of Acceptability.
033 897 6700 is the switchboard; 033 897 6861 the Community Services department. Ask for environmental health.
242 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Cost: Municipality's 2024/25 tariff structure lists 'Processing of certificate of acceptability for food premises' at R478 (2023/24: R427). Confirm the current year's amount with the office.
Covers: Msunduzi Local Municipality, uMshwathi Local Municipality, uMngeni Local Municipality, Mpofana Local Municipality, iMpendle Local Municipality, Mkhambathini Local Municipality, Richmond Local Municipality
Note: Msunduzi Local Municipality handles environmental health in its own area. Pietermaritzburg premises: contact the Msunduzi environmental health unit at the A.S. Chetty Centre, 033 392 2344.
Last verified July 2026. Details changed? Let us know.
Towns this office serves
Wherever you are in these municipalities, uMgungundlovu is your Certificate of Acceptability office:
- iMpendle: Impendle
- Mkhambathini: Camperdown, Eston
- Mpofana: Mooi River, Rosetta
- Msunduzi: Pietermaritzburg, Edendale, Ashburton
- Richmond: Richmond, Ndaleni, Byrne
- uMngeni: Howick, Hilton, Mpophomeni
- uMshwathi: Wartburg, New Hanover, Dalton, Cool Air
How to apply in the uMgungundlovu District
- Contact the office using the details above and ask for the Certificate of Acceptability application form.
- Submit it with a certified copy of the ID of the person in charge and a simple layout plan of the premises. Confirm the exact document list when you get the form.
- An Environmental Health Practitioner inspects the premises. If something falls short, you get a list to fix and a re-visit.
- Display the certificate on the premises once it is issued.
The certificate is not a licence to trade: if you prepare meals or sell perishable food you usually also need a business licence and zoning approval from your local municipality. The food licence lookup explains all three.
Selling food without a registered company?
Most municipalities ask for your business details on the application, and suppliers and landlords will too. Govchain registers your company online for R950, usually within a few days.