Registration of primary production

Are you going start business activities in primary production and produce food or feed at farm level? Or are you going to feed food-producing animals? If so, you and your facility must be registered with the County Administrative Board before commencing your business activities. You can also change information you have previously registered.

Primary production of food and feed

If you are a primary producer and produce food at farm level, you must have your facility registered with the County Administrative Board. This applies both for new business or taking over an existing business.

Food business operator in primary production

Your business is allowed to commence two weeks after the County Administrative Board has received your registration.

Primary production entails keeping food-producing animals meant for meat, milk and egg production, growing different vegetables and grains, and hunting, fishing, beekeeping and gathering wild berries and mushrooms.

When do you not need to register your facility?

If you only grow vegetables, keep food-producing animals, pick wild berries and mushrooms, etc. for your own personal use, your facility does not need to be registered. If your facility is limited, you don’t need to register it either.

All the laws in force, National Food Agency External link.

Do you want to change your details?

Are you already registered as a primary producer and want to change your details? Contact the County Administrative Board.

Feed business operators in primary production

Your business is allowed to commence 15 days after the County Administrative Board has received your registration.

This applies, for example, to the cultivation of roughage, feed grain and the grazing and feeding of animals kept for meat, milk or egg production. The feeding of game with larger amounts of vegetable feed must also be reported to the County Administrative Board.

When do you not need to register your facility?

If you only feed animals that produce food for your own personal use in your private household, your facility does not need to be registered.

Produce and manage feed on farms External link.

You register your feed business with the County Administrative Board through a form. You must send the form to the county administrative board in the county where you conduct your business. Contact us to have the form sent to you.

More about feed establishments

Feed establishments that require approval

If you are going to run a feed business that requires approval, you must in future continue to report your production to the Swedish Board of Agriculture and await approval before commencing your business activities. Information about which feed facilities require approval and how to register may be found on the Swedish Board of Agriculture’s website.

About the approval of a feed facility External link.

Register other feed facilities

If you, for example, are going to sell feed for food-producing animals in your shop or become a reseller of unprocessed and fresh pet food, you must register your feed facility with the Swedish Board of Agriculture.

Submit your registration, Swedish Board of Agriculture External link.

Administrative penalty for failure to register

The County Administrative Board can decide to charge an administrative penalty if you set up a business that is subject to registration and fails to register it. This also applies if someone takes over an ongoing business and fails to register themselves.

The County Administrative Board offers support and information

We are here to provide you as a food or feed business operator with support and information - you can ask us about controls, laws and requirements.