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Kosovo: for restaurants and takeaways

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In Kosovo the app follows the Law on Food (Ligji Nr. 08/L-120, 2022), partly aligned with the EU's food law. The Food and Veterinary Agency (AUV) inspects, and every food business is registered before it opens.

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Kosovo: food hygiene rules

Inspection body
Food and Veterinary Agency (Agjencia e Ushqimit dhe Veterinarisë, AUV)
Public rating
No
Languages in the app
English

Your inspection

The Food and Veterinary Agency (Agjencia e Ushqimit dhe Veterinarisë, AUV) 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, take unsafe food off the market and, if health is at risk, stop the activity.

Hygiene rating

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

“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 Kosovo'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

  • Chef Hygiene defaultFood handlers should be trained in food hygiene for their work. 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, libreza sanitare). We could not confirm the rules.
  • Chef Hygiene defaultStaff 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 193, or 112. Ambulance 194, police 192.
  • 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 Kosovo interval was confirmed.

Records

  • LawBefore opening: register the business with the business registry (ARBK) and the food business with the Food and Veterinary Agency.
  • Official guidanceA food safety system based on HACCP is expected (Kosovo's food law follows the EU's). We could not confirm it in the text of the law.
  • 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.

Kosovo: 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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