Food chemist; application for recognition of professional qualification

    To practice the profession of "State-certified food chemist" and in Germany as a national of an EU/EEA member state or a third country, you need recognition of the training you have acquired abroad.

    Description

    In order to exercise the profession of "State-certified food chemist", nationals of a member state of the European Union and a third country require recognition of the training acquired abroad. The government of Upper Bavaria is responsible for the recognition procedure throughout Bavaria.

    Contact person

    Regierung von Oberbayern - Sachgebiet 55.2 - Rechtsfragen Gesundheit, Verbraucherschutz und Pharmazie

    Address

    address

    Maximilianstraße 39
    80538 München

    Save contact

    postal address

    80534 München

    Opening hours


    Die allgemeinen Öffnungszeiten sind:
    Montag bis Donnerstag 08:00 Uhr - 16:00 Uhr
    Freitag 08:00 Uhr - 14:00 Uhr

    Zu den allgemeinen Öffnungszeiten werden individuelle Terminvereinbarungen angeboten.

    Die Pforte im Hauptgebäude ist zu folgenden Zeiten besetzt:
    Montag bis Donnerstag 07:00 Uhr - 17:45 Uhr
    Freitag 07:00 Uhr - 14:45 Uhr

    Contact

    E-Mail: poststelle@reg-ob.bayern.de

    Kontaktformular sicher: https://formularserver-bp.bayern.de/sichererKontakt?caller=936190702679Sicheres Kontaktformular

    Sonstiges: https://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/behoerde/936190702679Weiterführende Informationen im BayernPortal

    Telefon Festnetz: +49 89 2176-0

    Fax: +49 89 2176-2914

    Internet

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English

    Required documents

    • Proof of citizenship

      in certified copy and translation by a translator publicly appointed and sworn in the Federal Republic of Germany

    • Evidence of formal qualifications (diploma, certificate, evidence of completion of studies, other evidence of formal qualifications) and professional experience

      in certified copy and translation by a translator publicly appointed and sworn in the Federal Republic of Germany

    Complaint to the administrative court

    Deadlines

    none

    Costs

    approx. 150 Euro

    Area of validity

    Bavaria

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz (Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection) on 07.04.2026

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English