We have barn door sales of certain vegetable foods – the Authorization Order, § 3 – and can be described as Primary producer below the triviality limit, who has a few fruit trees and shrubs, grows smaller amounts of vegetables. This is food activity, which is limited in frequency and scope, and the activity does not take place continuously, but occasionally in relation to interest in vegan circles. Only vegan, vegetable products are produced. Website sales or facebook postings serve solely to coordinate vegan events occasionally and to a limited extent. The Executive Order on Authorization, § 8.
We follow the rules in the food legislation, with the exception of the rules in the hygiene regulation, the hygiene regulation for animal foods, the hygiene executive order and the labeling regulation. We take responsibility for the products we manufacture, sell or give to others. “It is always the responsibility of the food business to ensure that the food does not make consumers ill. This means, among other things, that the food must not contain harmful substances, disease-causing bacteria, viruses or parasites.” – Food Regulation, Articles 14 and 16-19.
we comply with the following requirements:
• A food must not be dangerous, ie. harmful to health or unfit for human consumption in accordance with Article 14.
• Marketing must not be misleading in accordance with Article 16.
• The food business must comply with Article 17 of the Food Regulation. This means that the food business must comply with the relevant requirements of the food legislation, including checking that it complies with the rules.
• The food business operator must ensure traceability and have documentation of where it receives raw materials from, in accordance with Article 18.
• The food business must ensure the withdrawal and recall of food that does not comply with food legislation, eg by warning in the press for marketed goods, cf. Article 19.
Our vegan food activity is limited to a non-commercial membership initiative and participants have the choice to eat the vegan samples. we market directly to consumers and may in the long run provide retail with wholesale to restaurants, – Food Regulation, Article 17.