Food contact material field operator's notification of premises and operations

At the start of operations, notify the food control authority of your operating location in the ilppa notification service or by using a form.

Once you have submitted the notification, you will be notified once it is received and entered in the register. The food control authority will regularly inspect the operations of your company in accordance with its supervisory plan.

You should also report if the operator changes or the operations change or end in the ilppa notification service. You can also use a form to notify the local authority of the changes. In this case, use the same form for the change notification as for the notification in the beginning of operations.

Fill in the notification, in accordance with the Food Act, and submit it to the health inspector, preferably well before starting the operations. Attach the floor plan of the premises. Use the same form, to report operator changes and relevant changes in operations. The municipal inspection authority issues a certificate of the receipt of the notification. In the future, the operations will be monitored regularly.

The obligation to notify applies to all operators placing food contact materials on the market in Finland. These operators include

• manufacturers of materials and articles used in manufacturing contact materials
• manufacturers of actual contact materials
• operators engaged in the wholesale trade of contact materials
• operators importing contact materials from the EU internal market area or from non-EU countries and operators engaged in corresponding export activities.

The obligation to notify applies to all operators in the field, irrespective of the contact material or article in question.

In case the operator changes, or the operations change or are terminated, the operator must make a notification of it without delay.

If the operator is established in another EEA state and provides services in Finland on a temporary basis, they are required to have the same notification as the operators established in Finland.