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In Slovenia the app follows the EU hygiene rules and the Law on Safe Food and Feed (ZVHK); UVHVVR food inspectors inspect, and the kitchen temperatures come from the national catering guide, not from law.

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Slovenia: food hygiene rules

Inspection body
Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection (Uprava za varno hrano, veterinarstvo in varstvo rastlin, UVHVVR)
Public rating
No
Languages in the app
Slovenščina, English, Italiano, Magyar

Your inspection

UVHVVR food inspectors check food law in all phases, from 10 regional offices. The control plan 2025 to 2029 sets how often, by risk. A restaurant, inn or snack bar with more than 10 staff is checked about every 18 months. With fewer than 10 staff, or a café or pastry shop with its own production, about every 30 months.

For small faults the inspector gives a warning with a deadline, then a decision. If the fault is not fixed in time, or at once if there is direct danger to life or health, the inspector can ban the activity and seal the premises. Under the ZVHK (Art. 109) a company can be fined EUR 2,000 to 20,000 and a sole trader EUR 1,000 to 10,000 for breaches such as no traceability or unmet hygiene conditions.

Hygiene rating

There is no national rating, sticker or duty to display a result. A ban for danger to life or health must be published online for at least 60 days.

“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 guidanceNo Slovenian law sets restaurant fridge, hot-holding, cooling or reheating numbers. The values below come from the national catering guide (December 2010), as printed in NIJZ staff texts.
  • Official guidanceChilled storage and goods-in: below 5°C, or as the label says. Some NIJZ lines say below 4°C for raw food and cooked cold dishes.
  • Official guidanceFrozen food: −18°C or colder. For quick-frozen food this is law, with short rises of up to 3°C allowed (Rulebook 87/14, Art. 5).
  • Official guidanceCooking, core temperature for 15 seconds: 74°C for poultry pieces, game, stuffings and dishes with minced-meat stuffing; 68°C for pork and minced or chopped meat; 63°C for beef, veal, lamb, fish, eggs, dairy, rice and pasta.
  • Official guidanceHot holding: 63°C or hotter in the core. Below that, reheat or throw the food away. Serve within 2 hours of cooking, and never after 4 hours.
  • Official guidanceCooling in two stages: from 63°C to 20°C within 2 hours, then to 5°C within 4 more hours. A blast chiller is better.
  • Official guidanceReheating: 74°C for 15 seconds.
  • Official guidanceCold display and salad bars: under 3 hours. Very sensitive dishes such as tartare and cream cakes stay at 5 to 8°C. Throw the food away once it is over the limit or not served within 3 hours, and write down when it was put out.

Staff, training and health

  • LawSlovenia has no national food hygiene certificate, course length or renewal. EU law applies: the operator must instruct and train staff to suit their work (Regulation 852/2004).
  • LawBefore the first day each worker signs a consent to report illness and fills in a symptom declaration. The employer keeps them with a staff list for inspectors (Rulebook 82/03).
  • LawA worker with vomiting, diarrhoea, jaundice, pus-filled skin lesions or discharge from the eyes, ears or nose must stop food work and tell the manager at once (Rulebook 82/03).
  • LawThere is no routine yearly medical exam or health card. A public health institute checks a worker only after an infection, diarrhoea or vomiting at home, travel to an area with poor hygiene, or when an inspector asks. The employer pays.
  • Official guidanceNIJZ outbreak guidance: stay away for 48 hours after symptoms stop for most infections. After typhoid or dysentery return only with a doctor’s certificate after negative stool tests.

Allergens

  • LawIn catering, allergen information must be in writing, in at least one of the places where dishes are offered: menu, board, poster or screen. It must be easy to see, readable and not covered. There is no oral-only option (Decree 6/2014, Art. 3).
  • Official guidanceUse the word “vsebuje” plus the allergen name, for the 14 EU allergens. This also applies to drinks (SPOT guidance).
  • LawThe information must be in Slovene (ZVHK, Art. 51). A breach is fined EUR 6,000 to 30,000 for a company and EUR 3,000 to 6,000 for a sole trader (Decree 6/2014, Art. 4).

Fire safety checks

  • LawEvery restaurant needs a fire order (požarni red) with annexes for records and check sheets. The owner sets how often the checks are done (Rulebook 52/07).
  • LawWhere an evacuation plan is required, hold a practical evacuation drill at least once a year and record it (Rulebook 52/07, Art. 11).
  • LawStaff get fire training at the start and again every 3 years for medium fire risk. Keep the records for at least 10 years (Rulebook 32/11).
  • LawExtinguishers are serviced by an authorised maintainer following the maker’s instructions. The label shows the next date. The rule sets no fixed interval (Rulebook 108/04).
  • LawBuilt-in fire systems, such as a fire alarm, gas detection and emergency lighting, need a certificate of proper functioning valid for 3 years (Rulebook 53/2019, Art. 21).

Records

  • LawPermanent HACCP-based procedures are required, in proportion to the size of the business (ZVHK Art. 36; Regulation 852/2004).
  • Official guidanceKeep traceability records of supplier, product and date in (ZVHK Art. 23). NIJZ advises keeping them usually 2 years, and 6 months after the use-by date for perishable or unpacked food.
  • Official guidanceLog fridge and freezer temperatures at least once a day at the start of work, with corrective actions (NIJZ guidance).
  • LawRegister each premises with UVHVVR at least 15 days before opening and report changes within 15 days (ZVHK Art. 24).

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

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