More information

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration facts-about-regulations booklets:
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has published a number of booklets on the requirements food shops, wholesale food enterprises and restaurants must fulfil.

For example, there is information on:

• Labelling pre-packaged food products.
• Pest infestations in food shops, wholesale food enterprises and restaurants.
• Smileys in retail enterprises.
• Self-inspection in restaurants, pizzerias, cafes, etc.
• Cleaning and disinfecting in retail enterprises with food products.
• Food inspection.
• Food hygiene courses.
• Introducing food products.
• Labelling fruit and vegetables.
• Packaging and materials for food products.
• Self-inspection in kiosks, supermarkets and grocers.
• Food waste.
• Furnishing and layout in restaurants, supermarkets, etc.
• Protection of rights in relation to food and veterinary inspections.
• Recalling and tracing food products.
• Exporting food products.

The existing booklets are regularly updated, and new booklets covering new topics are continually added. The booklets are available (in Danish) from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration website: www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk

Acts, executive orders and guides
You have read about some of the key acts, executive orders and guides in this course material, but there are further acts and executive orders you must comply with.

All relevant acts, executive orders and guides are available (in Danish) from the Retsinformation website, www.retsinfo.dk, your library or bookshop, the sector associations, or from:

Schultz Information
Herstedvang 10-12
2620 Albertslund
Tel.: +45 4363 2300.

Guides can also be purchased from:
Danmark.dk’s netboghandel
IT- og Telestyrelsen
Telefon: 1881
www.danmark.dk/netboghandel

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration website
This website contains a lot of relevant information on food legislation, food inspection, the smiley scheme, etc.
www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk

The website also contains the forms you need to apply for approvals, etc. The forms are available (in Danish) from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration website:
www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk/Blanketter/Blanketter/forside.htm

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Danish Commerce and Companies Agency
www.eogs.dk