Food control forms

The operator of the food industry must make a written notification of the food premises and the primary production site to the supervisory authority before starting operations or making substantial changes. Operators who place materials and accessories that come into contact with foodstuffs on the market must also submit a written notification of their activities.

An application for an approval permit must be submitted for a food facility dealing with foodstuffs obtained from animals well in advance of starting operations.

The mobile food apartment must be reported to the supervisory authority of the municipalities in whose territory the activity is carried out.

Information about the mobile food apartment

The change of operator, suspension of operation and termination of operation must also be notified in writing to the Food Control Authority.

If the site has its own well, a report must be given on the quality of domestic water and the well.

You can make notifications in the food industry electronically through the national notification system of environmental healthcare, ilpa. in the ilppa service can report most food industry operations

• about getting started
• of essential change
• about quitting
• about the change of entrepreneur.

Such functions include e.g. serving and selling food, bakeries, regular outdoor sales (e.g. market sales). The information from the Ilpa report is processed electronically by the local control unit. Similarly, operators can see their own data from the ilppa service.

The Food Agency is responsible for the technical maintenance of the ilppa service. Read more about the ilppa service from the website of the Food Agency.

If it is not possible to use the electronic notification service, you can request our traditional forms from health supervision by phone or email terveysvalvonta@imatra.fi