Food Safety Information
How HomeDining promotes responsible hosting, food transparency, and allergen awareness — and what you should know before booking or ordering pickup.
What is HomeDining?
HomeDining is a social dining platform — a marketplace that connects independent home cooks (hosts) with guests for hosted dining experiences, cultural meals, and home meal pickups.
HomeDining is not a restaurant, food manufacturer, catering company, or food delivery operator. We do not prepare food, operate kitchens, employ hosts, or deliver meals. Hosts are independent individuals who choose to share their culinary culture and home cooking through our platform.
This means the food you enjoy through HomeDining is prepared by individual, independent hosts — each with their own kitchen, background, and food practices.
Host Responsibilities
When you book an experience or order a pickup meal on HomeDining, the food is provided by an independent host. Hosts on our platform are expected to:
- Follow safe food handling, hygiene, and storage practices
- Disclose all regulated allergens present in their food
- Provide accurate menu and ingredient descriptions
- Communicate honestly with guests about dietary requirements
- Comply with applicable Norwegian food safety regulations
- Determine whether Mattilsynet registration or notification is required for their activity
Allergen Transparency
Under Norwegian law (Matinformasjonsforskriften), food providers must disclose all 14 regulated allergens:
All HomeDining listings include an allergen section where hosts tag each allergen as Contains, May Contain, or confirm absence.
We encourage you to review this information before booking or ordering. If a listing does not include allergen information, this will be flagged and you should contact the host directly.
Guest Safety Guidance
- Read the full allergen section on every listing before booking
- Use the dietary notes field in checkout to inform your host of allergies or restrictions
- For pickup meals: follow any storage and consumption guidance provided by the host
- If a host cannot safely accommodate your allergy, do not proceed with the booking
- Contact support@homedining.online if you experience a food-related issue after an event or pickup
- In case of a serious allergic reaction: call 113 immediately
HomeDining's Approach to Food Safety
We believe that responsible, transparent hosting makes for better dining experiences. While HomeDining is not a food regulator, we take our role in promoting safe hosting seriously:
- All hosts must complete a food safety compliance declaration before listing
- Hosts are required to disclose allergens on all food listings
- We provide Host Guidelines covering hygiene, allergens, and Mattilsynet awareness
- Listings with missing allergen information are flagged for host attention
- We maintain food safety guidelines based on Mattilsynet's published standards
- Admin tools allow us to review and act on reported food safety concerns
HomeDining does not guarantee that all hosts are registered with Mattilsynet or that all food is prepared in compliance with Norwegian food safety law. This is the host's responsibility.
Host Guidelines
Full food safety guidance for HomeDining hosts
Mattilsynet
Official Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Questions about food safety? Contact us at support@homedining.online