1. The Nutrition Base in brief
- 1.1 Who is covered?
- 1.2 What do the regulations mean?
- 1.3 What is a nutrition letter?
- 1.4 The nutrition test, what is it?
1.1 Who is covered?
Anyone who operates an undertaking that:
- sells food directly to consumers, including catering
- sells food for eating at or near the place of business (serving)
- sells food to other businesses for the purpose of resale or processing (wholesale), or
- works with transport, processing or conservation of food.
Chapter 3 has more information on the different types of food businesses.
1.2 What do the regulations mean?
The legislation on the Nutrition Base means that you must be registered in the Nutrition Base in order to operate a food business legally. This applies no matter when you started your business.
The Nutrition Base is public and is available (in Danish) at www.virk.dk/naeringsbasen. It contains information about everyone who operates a food business.
1.3 What is a nutrition letter?
When you are registered in the Nutrition Base, you will automatically be issued with a nutrition letter for your food business. A nutrition letter is not a certificate on paper. Your confirmation for having a nutrition letter is your registration in the Nutrition Base.
1.4 The nutrition test, what is it?
If you want to open a food business, as a starting point you must pass the nutrition test to be registered in the Nutrition Base.
The nutrition test deals with the legislation relevant to operating a food business.
You can read more about the nutrition test and whether you are exempt from taking the test in chapter 5 and chapter 7.
When do I have to register in the Nutrition Base?
It is illegal to operate a food business without being registered in the Nutrition Base.
Therefore you cannot open a food business before it has been registered in the Nutrition Base.