Hygiene Passport

Who is required to have a Hygiene Passport?

How do you get a hygiene passport?

Hygiene Passport test

List of Hygiene Passport Examiners

Ordering a new Hygiene Passport

General information about Hygiene Passports

Information for food business operators and control authorities

Legislation and regulation

The Finnish Hygiene Passport for the food industry was developed to promote food safety

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Those who work in the food industry must know how to handle foodstuffs safely and hygienically.  An employee must have a hygiene passport if they:

  • work on food premises and
  • handle unpackaged perishable foods.

Hygiene Proficiency brochure (pdf)

Who is required to have a Hygiene Passport? >>

Setting up a food business and own-check >>

Customer service on Hygiene Passports

029 5300 402
hygieniapassi@ruokavirasto.fi

 

Please note that regular, unsecured email is not secure. Send e-mails that contain a classified or otherwise sensitive information, such as personal identity codes, to the Finnish Food Authority via the Turvaviesti-palvelu. With a security message, you can also send large attachments.

Customer Service number open on Tuesdays 9–12 am.

Note! Customer Service is closed 15.-22.7.2025 and 4.-8.8.2025

 

Give feedback

The feedback given through the feedback form helps us to improve the service.

Send confidential or otherwise sensitive feedback to the Finnish Food Authority's Hygene passport customer service in the security message service (Turvaviesti), hygienepassi@ruokavirasto.fi. You can also send large file attachments in Turvaviesti. 

If your feedback concerns suspicious activity, e.g. you have noticed fraud during the Hygiene Passport Test, please specify the test information (test time and place) in your message as accurately as possible.