Monash council, whose area includes Mulgrave, this week banned Mr Marsh from selling food at the market until he gets a food seller’s registration, which is required from all people who sell produce.

The ban is Mr Marsh’s latest skirmish with government over a slew of issues.

He is also in dispute with Dairy Food Safety (DFS) Victoria over a requirement that the raw milk he sells as cosmetic or “bath” milk be treated in a manner that deters people from drinking it.

Mr Marsh said he had applied to Moyne Shire Council last year for a food seller’s registration and had assumed the number he was given was a registration but it was only an application number.

A Moyne Shire spokesman said Mr Marsh had submitted an application in October, but did not pay the required fees and the application was incomplete. 

Mr Marsh had been contacted by the council’s health officer about the incomplete paperwork and fees but did not respond, the spokesman said.

He said Mr Marsh submitted further paperwork to the council’s Mortlake office yesterday.

Mr Marsh said he expected his re-application for a registration would be processed by the council next week and hoped to be back at the market on June 27.

He said he would be selling eggs but not raw milk at the June 27 Mulgrave market while he awaited developments in his battle with DFS over his raw milk sales in Melbourne.

New licence conditions, requiring raw milk suppliers to change its taste, texture or aroma to deter human consumption, were introduced following the death of a three-year-old child who had consumed raw milk last December on the Mornington Peninsula.

Mr Marsh said he was meeting with DFS and two other raw milk suppliers in Melbourne next week to “get some sensible regulations.”

He has been selling about 1000 litres of raw milk each week to Melbourne outlets, such as the Mulgrave market and organic food groups.