This Order lays down provisions for the licensing and registration of food businesses that handle products in contact with food. For this purpose, the Order adheres and implements requirements for testing laboratories used for the monitoring thereof, with the purpose of for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible harmful organisms. Primary production and related activities such as agriculture, animal or vegetable food must be registered with the Food & Drug Administration. Food business such as fishermen or mussel harvesters must be registered with the Danish AgriFish Agency, and hunters must possess a hunting license obtained from the Agency (Section II). Import or manufacture of food contact materials, as defined in Appendix 1 must be registered with the Food & Drug Administration (Section IV).
The Order consists of 8 Chapters and VIII Sections: Scope and definitions (Section I); Food companies engaged in primary production (Section II); Food businesses engaged in any stage of production after primary production (Section III); General points for businesses covered by this Order (Section V); Requirements for self-monitoring laboratories (Section VI); Penal provisions (Section VII); Entry into force and transitional provisions (Section VIII).