5. Which requirements must I meet to register in the Nutrition Base?
5.1 Conditions
Not everyone can be registered in the Nutrition Base.
To be registered you must meet one of the following conditions:
- have passed the nutrition test,
- have a qualification mentioned in the box on the right, or
- have registered in the Nutrition Base on the basis of one of the following transition schemes:
- managed a food outlet, had a nutrition letter for restaurant or managed a specific restaurant on 1 July 2005, or
- operated a catering business or food wholesaler on 1 May 2007.
If you have completed a qualification as one of the following, you need not take the nutrition test:
- Retail butcher with underlying special course in retailing, delicatessen, fish and game, or butchery
- Baker
- Confectioner
- Chocolate and assistant confectioner
- Fresh goods assistant
- Chef, "smørrebrødsjomfru", caterer etc. (gastronome courses)
- Waiter
- Sales assistant
- Shop assistant
- Hotel and leisure assistant
- Nutrients assistant
- Dairyman, dairy technologist or dairy engineer
- Receptionist
- Catering manager
- Cafeteria and canteen assistant
- Service economist specialising in hotel and restaurant management
- Bachelor degree in nutrition and health
- Masters degree in nutritional science
- Nutrition technician
- Master brewer or diploma in brewery from Den Skandinaviske Bryggerhøjskole ApS
- Passed goods carrier test
NB!
If you have a foreign qualification, which corresponds to the approved qualifications, or which you believe offers the required qualifications, you can apply to have this approved.
When submitting the registration form to the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency you should enclose a translation of your exam certificate, apprenticeship, etc. A translation is not, however, necessary if the exam certificate is in Swedish, Norwegian or English.
5.2 Special rules for companies
If a company is to be registered in the Nutrition Base, someone from the management must meet the conditions regarding the nutrition test, qualifications etc. The management of the company in this context need not be the registered management of the company as long as it is someone who takes part in the daily management.
NB!
Companies have a duty to delete people from the Nutrition Base if they no longer work for the company. Companies must do this within four weeks from termination of employment!
The company has a total of six months to register a new person who meets the conditions regarding the nutrition test, qualifications etc.