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Albania: for restaurants and takeaways

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In Albania the app follows the Law on Food (Ligji nr. 9863/2008 "Për ushqimin", amended in 2022). The National Food Authority (AKU) inspects, and every food business must run a food safety system based on HACCP.

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Albania: food hygiene rules

Inspection body
National Food Authority (Autoriteti Kombëtar i Ushqimit, AKU)
Public rating
No
Languages in the app
English

Your inspection

The National Food Authority (Autoriteti Kombëtar i Ushqimit, AKU) inspects food businesses.

After a visit the inspector writes a report and tells you what to put right and by when. The inspector can fine the business (for example 300,000 lekë for a hygiene breach), take unsafe food off the market and block the activity until the fault is put right.

Hygiene rating

Albania has no public hygiene rating, sticker or score, and nothing has to be displayed. Chef Hygiene shows no rating card for Albania.

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

Temperatures

  • Official guidanceWe found no temperature numbers for a restaurant in Albania's food law.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultChilled food: Chef Hygiene checks 4°C or colder. Frozen food: −18°C or colder.
  • Official guidanceCooking: core 75°C, or 70°C for 2 minutes. Good practice, not law.
  • Official guidanceHot holding: 63°C or hotter. Good practice, not law.
  • Official guidanceCooling: to 10°C or colder within about 2 hours, then into the fridge. Good practice, not law.
  • Official guidanceReheating: core 75°C. Good practice, not law.

Staff, training and health

  • LawFood handlers must be trained in food hygiene for their work: the business's duty. Chef Hygiene keeps each person's certificate and a training log.
  • Official guidanceAsk your inspector which health checks your staff need (such as the health booklet, librezë shëndetësore). We could not confirm the rules.
  • LawStaff who are ill with something that can pass through food stay away from food work. Chef Hygiene asks staff to tell the manager.

Allergens

  • Official guidanceWe advise giving customers information on the 14 allergens (the same list as the EU), in writing: on a poster, a board or the menu. We could not confirm the allergen rule for restaurants.

Fire safety checks

  • Official guidanceThe fire brigade is 128. Ambulance 127, police 129.
  • Official guidanceGas work only by a qualified gas engineer.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultExtinguishers, fire alarm and electrics: Chef Hygiene suggests dates you can change. No exact Albanian interval was confirmed.

Records

  • LawA food safety system based on HACCP is the law (Law 9863/2008, article 26).
  • Official guidanceBefore opening: register the business with the National Business Center (QKB) and the food business with the National Food Authority.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultChef Hygiene asks for fridge checks twice a day and keeps every record in one place for the inspector.

Official sources

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This page is general information, not legal advice. Check with your local authority.

Albania: the Chef Hygiene app

The app loads these rules for your kitchen, checks your records against them and keeps proof for the inspector.

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