Forms and instructions of Food Control

A registered mobile sales point must announce its arrival to the food control authorities of the region where the sales will occur. You can submit the notification using the following form:

Please note: The operations must be registered before participating in the first event.
Instructions for temporary sales:

The organiser of a large public event should notify the Environmental Health Services using a designated form.

Please submit a written notification of setting up food premises, changing operators, or pausing or ceasing the operations.

You can submit the notification via the Ilppa e-services

Alternatively, you can fill in the form and submit it to the Environmental Health Services. The notification must include the floor plan of the food premises.

A food sector operator who processes animal-source food before wholesales must apply for the approval of food premises before starting the operations.
You can submit the application using a form prepared by the Environmental Health Services.

‘Own-check’ refers to the operator’s own system through which they aim to ensure that the food is safe and compliant with food legislation.
Registered food premises can use our own-check templates where applicable and add their own information on them.

Environmental Health Services have also prepared specific instructions for taking samples during own-checks.

Instructions on health statements and salmonella certificates

The Environmental Health Services must be notified of primary production operations. We must also be notified of any relevant changes, pausing the operations for more than a year, and ceasing the operations.

The Environmental Health Services must be notified of professional food transport operations. You can submit the notification via the Ilppa e-services or a form of the Environmental Health Services.

Contact material operators must submit a notification to the Environmental Health Services of their place of operation and the operations taking place there. You can submit the notification via the Ilppa e-services or a form of the Environmental Health Services.

Selling tobacco products requires a valid sales permit and an own-check plan. You can apply for the permit via Valvira’s e-services.

Selling nicotine products requires a valid sales permit and an own-check plan. You can apply for the permit through a sales permit application submitted to the Environmental Health Services.

The organiser of a large public event should notify the Environmental Health Services using a designated form.

Food sellers must also submit a notification of their selling operations. A registered mobile sales point must announce its arrival to the food control authorities of the region where the sales will occur.