Notification of Food-Related Activities
If you run a professional food business in Finland, you must notify the municipal food control authority at least four weeks before starting operations. The notification covers all premises where food is stored, sold, served or handled, including restaurants, shops, bakeries, food trucks, catering businesses and online food stores. You submit it through the Ilppa e-service or in writing to your municipality.
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Requirements
- Safety: Food operations must not pose a health risk and must comply with food legislation requirements
- Change notification: Notification must also be made if operations change, are interrupted, cease or the operator changes
- EEA operators: An operator established in another EEA state operating temporarily in Finland for less than six months does not need notification if it has notified operations in its home country
Procedure
- Notification: Made via the Finnish Food Authority's ilppa electronic service or in writing to the municipal food control authority
- Information: Company name, contact details, Business ID/personal identity code, premises address, scope of operations and start date, self-monitoring description
- Registration: Authority notifies when information has been recorded in the register
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