Food businesses are all businesses that carry out activities related to the production, processing and distribution of food. Food business operators are obliged to report the businesses under their control and important changes in activities as well as business closures. This applies to all businesses that are active at any stage of the processing, production or distribution of food.

Registration takes place at the competent district administrative authority.

Food businesses are, for example

• Operators of food vending machines
• bakeries
• cafés
• Retail stores that carry food or food supplements in their product range
• Ice cream parlors
• Producers of food of animal origin
• Fishing, crustacean, shellfish and mollusc businesses
• restaurants
• Wholesalers, transporters, importers and exporters of foodstuffs
• Snack bars
• kiosks
• Confectioneries
• Kitchens and canteens (including all communal catering facilities)
• Agricultural businesses for the rearing or keeping of food-producing animals
• Food brokers (for example via the Internet)
• Milk bars
• milk processing plants
• mini-markets
• Mobile food trade including sales vehicles
• Primary producers of plant-based foods, such as fruit, vegetables, cereals, herbs
• food banks
• Petrol stations with food sales
• Food transporters
• Events with catering
• Party service and catering