Certain by-product plants must apply for a registration from a municipal veterinarian. Such by-product plants are for example
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Apply for registration by submitting a completed application form to the municipal veterinarian.
In the Environment Office of Oulu region, apply for registration using the Finnish Food Authority’s form K (application under the by-product regulation to the municipal veterinarian for the registration and approval of the plant). Send the application to an official veterinarian in food hygiene by post, by bringing it to the Environment Office or by email.
You can get more information by calling the environmental health care helpline, visiting the Environment Office or sending an email.
A plant can be registered when it complies with the requirements of the Animal By-Products Regulation.
If the operator has established itself in another country in the European Economic Area and temporarily offers services in Finland, the same registrations are required as from operators established in Finland.
The plant must apply for registration before the launch of operations.
The registration is valid until further notice.