3. Who is covered?

Food businesses with retail sales of food, including catering, restaurants and food wholesale businesses.

• 3.1 Food outlets
• 3.2 Food wholesalers
• 3.3 Restaurants
• 3.4 Are there food businesses which are not required to register in the Nutrition Base?

3.1 Food outlets

A food outlet is an undertaking which sells food direct to consumers. Food is any product which can be eaten or drunk by humans (tobacco, pet food and similar are therefore not covered).

Food covers all drinks such as soft drinks, beer, and wine, as well as all food whether packaged or unpackaged, frozen or fresh. Sweets and fruit and vegetables, diet supplements, bread, cakes, and tinned tomatoes are all examples of food.

Typical examples of food outlets are newsagents, butchers, bakers, supermarkets etc.

However, shops which primarily sell goods other than food may also be considered food outlets and will have to be registered in the Nutrition Base because they sell sweets, ice cream, crisps etc. Typical examples are DIY retailers, video shops, toyshops etc. with turnover of more than DKK 50,000, excl. VAT, from a food business.

A catering undertaking is also considered a food outlet. A catering undertaking is an undertaking which delivers and prepares food. A catering undertaking can be called many things such as "diner transportable", take away etc.

A food business is both an actual shop, an internet shop and a catering business. The same rules apply for all these businesses.

3.2 Food wholesalers

A food wholesaler is an undertaking which sells food to other undertakings with a view to reselling or processing. A food wholesaler also covers independent undertakings with transport or food storage. This applies e.g. to haulage undertakings and storage.

3.3 Restaurants

A restaurant is an undertaking which sells/serves food and drinks at or near the place of sale.

Examples:

• pubs
• eating and dancing restaurants
• nightclubs and discotheques
• cafés and wine bars
• pizzerias, burger bars and hotdog stands (if tables or shelves or similar have been arranged where the food can be eaten).

NB!
In order to obtain a liquor license you must be registered in the Nutrition Base.

3.4 Are there food businesses which are not required to register in the Nutrition Base?

Yes, the following types of food businesses may be operated without having to register in the Nutrition Base:

• shops which do not have to register for VAT (moms)
• shops which are registered for VAT (moms) but which sell food for less than DKK 50,000 excl. VAT.
• chemists
• public institutions
• canteens
• bed and breakfast
• guesthouses
• transport of food from primary producers
• primary production, livestock or cultivation of primary products, including harvesting, milking and livestock production.

Farmers and other primary producers selling their production to e.g. abattoirs and dairy plants, are thus not included.