Food Control Department

How to register a new food company

in Dubai Municipalitys Services
Food Control Department Food
Import Re-export Services (FIRS)
 Food Control Department

As a start you will need to get a trade license from an

authorized organization in economy that includes food
activities or general trading
 Food Control Department
Open Dubai Municipalitys link www.dm.gov.ae and
click on register
Food Control Department
 Food Control Department
Fill in all the required information about the trade license
- and add the requested services by selecting food control
department and then Food Import Re-export Services
Food Control Department

After selecting the

wanted services and
clinking on next a new
page will open that will
need to fill and then you
will need to select three
different users according
to you preferences.
When you will be done
an email will be sent to
you with the user and
password
Food Control Department

When you will be done bring

the trade license and the user
and password sent to your
email along with a form that
you will need to fill, sign and
stamp to Karama Center
counter 9,10,11 and 12.
 Food Control Department
The activation includes generating a user
 Food Control Department

After activating the services you will need to pay 15000 Dhs as
a deposit
 Food Control Department

To start importing food items you need to make sure that all
the items you are planning to import are registered in the FIRS
system and to do that you need to following the coming step
 Food Control Department
Search for your food item before applying for
registration
 Food Control Department
Feed in the barcode and click on search
 Food Control Department
The result of the search shows that the item is registered already, so if
you applied for the same barcode it will be rejected, but if the item
was not registered you will need to register it
 Food Control Department

Contact Information:
Karama Center: 04/3374800 Ext: 237, 234
Head office: 04/2064205,04/2064280
 Food Control Department

Thank you