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Approved food establishments

Lists of approved food premises and types of establishments approved by us and local authorities.

Last updated: 4 May 2022
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Last updated: 4 May 2022
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Wholesale food businesses supplying food of animal origin require approval by the competent authority under Regulation 853/2004(link is external) (Opens in a new window)

List of approved food establishments

Establishments approved by us

The following establishments require veterinary control and are approved by us:

  • slaughterhouses
  • cutting plants
  • game handling establishments
  • wholesale meat markets

Establishments approved by local authorities

Meat establishments

These are:

  • cold stores that are re-wrapping and re-packaging meat
  • minced meat establishments
  • meat preparations establishments
  • mechanically separated meat establishments
  • meat products processing plants
  • rendered animal fats and greaves processing plants
  • treated stomachs, bladders and intestines processing plants 
  • gelatine processing plants
  • collagen processing plants

Fish and shellfish establishments

These are:

  • live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) establishments including dispatch centres and purification centres
  • establishments working with fishery products using factory and freezing vessels, processing plants, fresh fishery products, auction halls, wholesale markets

Animal produce establishments

These are establishments that produce:

  • raw milk and dairy products
  • eggs and egg products, including packing centres, processing plants, liquid egg plants
Contact your local authority(link is external) (Opens in a new window) to apply for the approval of meat establishments, fish and shellfish establishments and animal produce establishments.