Legislation and regulation on food hygiene proficiency:
- General food hygiene regulation (852/2004/EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs annex II chapter 12, paragraph 1
- Food Act (23/2006) (Only in finnish or swedish)
- Finnish Food Authority's regulation on hygiene proficiency (11/2019) in Finnish or Swedish
There are more detailed instructions on the organisation of Hygiene Passport tests, issuing of Hygiene Passports, the other duties of Hygiene Passport Examiners and on the usage of the database system of questions in Evira's instruction on the activities of the proficiency examiner (16020) in Finnish or Swedish.