A notification must be made of professional operation in the food industry.
A notification must be made of any indoor or outdoor space or a part thereof in which food meant for sale is
A notification must be made
Submit a notification via the ilppa notification e-service of the Finnish Food Authority.
You can submit the notification also in writing to the food control authority of the municipality in which you are located.
Include the following details in the notification:
The authority will notify you when it has entered your notification in its register.
By using the e-service, you can always check your company's up-to-date registration information in the service.
You can submit the notification also in writing to the food control authority of the municipality in which you are located. Ask the health inspector for the notification form. The completed form shall be sent to the Lappeenranta region's department of environmental services registry office.
A prerequisite for starting operations is that the food-related activities fulfil the requirements of the Food Act. For example, the food-related activities must not cause danger to human health.
In addition to reporting the start of operations, the operator must notify the relevant authority if
If the operator is established in another state in the European Economic Area and is operating temporarily in Finland, the operator does not need to submit a notification in Finland if it has already submitted a notification of food-related activities in its home country. Temporary activity means less than six months of activity per year.
When the operator changes, the previous operator submits a termination notification of their activities and the new operator submits a start-up notification.
Submit the notification no later than four weeks before starting the operation or making changes to it.
The notification must be made no later than four weeks prior to starting the operation or an essential change.
The operations may be started even if the notification process is still under way.
The municipal supervisory authority provides the notifier with a certificate of receiving the notification and makes the first check within 1–6 months of starting the operation. The operation may begin even if processing the matter is still under way.
The notification is valid for an indefinite term.