Foreign professional qualification Recognition as a state-certified food chemist

• They submit a written application for the recognition procedure to the competent authority.
• The competent body will check your documents for equivalence. In doing so, it checks whether your foreign qualification corresponds to the German qualification.

If the examination is positive, you will receive recognition and may use the professional title "State-certified food chemist".

If there are essential differences between your and the German professional qualification, you can take a so-called "aptitude test".

In the aptitude test, you can prove the necessary scientific, food law and administrative knowledge and skills that were not taught in your previous training.

The scope of the audit shall be determined by the competent body. If you pass the aptitude test, you will receive recognition and may use the professional title "State-certified food chemist".

Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

Calenberger Strasse 2

30169 Hanover, Germany

Phone: 0511 120-0

fax: 0511 120-2382

E-mail: poststelle@ml.niedersachsen.de

www.ml.niedersachsen.de

The responsibility lies with the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

• University degree in food chemistry with completion of the First State Examination or with
• Master's degree or university diploma obtained in a Member State of the European Union (EU) or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA)

as well as

• a one-year practical vocational training with final examination (second state examination)
• German language skills (proof e.g. via language certificate)
• You are a citizen of the European Union (EU) or a state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA)

• Proof of identity (identity card or passport)
• Proof of training qualification
• Tabular overview of all training courses in German and, if applicable, of previous employment
• Evidence of relevant professional practice
• other documents and evidence relevant to the profession (certificates of continuing vocational training)
• Proof of your German language skills (language certificates)

All documents must be available in certified copies and translated into German – by publicly appointed interpreters.

The fees depend on the effort. Please contact the competent authority.

There are no deadlines to be observed.

The duration of the processing depends on the individual case. In general, the procedure should be completed within 4 months of receipt of the complete documentation.

You can appeal against the decision of the competent authority.

Food chemists investigate and evaluate the chemical composition of foods and commodities as well as the interactions of their ingredients. They also take on tasks in research, for example in the further development of chemical, biochemical and microbiological analysis methods.

You can also seek advice on the recognition of foreign qualifications from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

The hotline can be reached Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on +49 30 1815-1111.

Further information is available from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB).

Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

03.08.2020

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.