Hygiene Passport
View connections →Obtain a hygiene passport if you work with unpackaged perishable food products.
Published by: Finnish Food Authority · Government organisation
Description language: English
Coverage: All Finland
About this service
Description
A hygiene passport is proof of food hygiene competence. Its purpose is to ensure that people working in the food sector know how to handle food safely and hygienically. You must have a hygiene passport if you work in a food premises and handle unpackaged perishable food products. The hygiene passport is personal. You can obtain it by passing a hygiene passport test administered within the Finnish Food Authority’s hygiene passport system.
How to use it
1. Register for a hygiene passport test with a hygiene passport tester approved by the Finnish Food Authority. 2. Take the test and demonstrate your knowledge of food hygiene. 3. If you pass the test, you will receive a hygiene passport. A list of hygiene passport testers is available on the Finnish Food Authority’s website.
Conditions
A hygiene passport is required for persons who work in food premises and handle unpackaged perishable food products. Employees must be able to demonstrate their food hygiene competence with a hygiene passport no later than three months after starting work that requires one.
Fee details
The hygiene passport tester charges a fee for the hygiene passport test and the issuance of the hygiene passport. The fee varies between testers.
Where and how to get help
The Finnish Food Authority’s Hygiene Passport customer service: website · Website
You can find information about the Hygiene Passport from the website of the Finnish Food Authority's Hygiene Passport customer service.
Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish
Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.
Hygiene Passport customer service · TelephoneService
The Hygiene Passport customer service answers questions related to the Hygiene Passport. The telephone service is open on Tuesdays from 9 am to noon.