VAN HEES

Listed in a source registry

France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 21 official records from 14 official sources are on file. 5 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2025-05-22: 8 control points, 7 with follow-up: Etat des stocks: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Etat des stocks simplifié: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Plan de défense incendie: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents), 1 mois; Moyens de lutte contre l’incendie: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents), 1 mois; Exercice incendie: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Dossier installation classée: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Mise en demeure, respect de (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Accessibilité: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-08-20. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1976. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 50 and 99 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-09-07. Agence Bio, registre officiel des operateurs bio (open data)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 1999. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-19. Internet Archive (Wayback)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-07-31. VIES (European Commission)
• Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-07-28. Domain registry record
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-08-20. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Legal entity ID lapsed (record type: lei-lapsed) [official record; status amber] The global finance identifier was not renewed. This does not mean the company closed. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• Approved food establishment (record type: sector-licence-food; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Allowed to produce food under official inspection. checked 2026-09-04. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of establishments approved under EU Regulation 853/2004
• The inspection report describes the site: Van Hees produit des épices, des mélanges d'épices, des additifs et des marinades destinés aux produits carnés. L’entreprise dispose à ce titre de stockages sur son site de Folkling. L’installation contrôlée relève de la rubrique 1510 et a été enregistrée par l’arrêté préfectoral 2022-DCA-BEPE-96, sans prescription particulière. L'entrepôt d'un volume de 54 912 m³ est réglementé par les dispositions de l'arrêté ministériel du 11 avril 2017 relatif aux prescriptions générales applicables aux entrepôts couverts soumis à la rubrique 1510. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: Van Hees produit des épices, des mélanges d'épices, des additifs et des marinades destinés aux produits carnés. L’entreprise dispose à ce titre de stockages sur son site de Folkling. L’installation contrôlée relève de la rubrique 1510 et a été enregistrée par l’arrêté préfectoral 2022-DCA-BEPE-96, sans prescription particulière. L'entrepôt d'un volume de 54 912 m³ est réglementé par les dispositions de l'arrêté ministériel du 11 avril 2017 relatif aux prescriptions générales applicables aux entrepôts couverts soumis à la rubrique 1510.. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-07-23. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 3 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-23. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Registered food distributor or transporter (record type: registered-food-distributor) [official record; status green] A government food register lists it as distributing or transporting food. checked 2026-10-17. DGAL (French Directorate General for Food), official list of approved establishments (Regulation 853/2004)
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-23. OpenSanctions
• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-07-23. OpenSanctions
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 5 on the register, 2 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• Organic certification in the state registry (record type: organic-certified) [official record; status green] Issued by an accredited body. We show the expiry date because a lapsed certificate proves nothing. checked 2026-10-15. EU organic operator register (TRACES NT), European Commission
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 10.84Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. effective since 2025-09-18. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-05-22. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 1 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

2 active and 3 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 2 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• TECHNOPOLE FORBACH SUD 57600 FOLKLING: SIRET 30652217800038, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 10.84Z (Fabrication de condiments et assaisonnements), opened 1992-11-20, staff 50-99 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZI DE CANTIMPRE RUE DE L EUROPE 59400 FONTAINE-NOTRE-DAME: SIRET 30652217800061, active, manufacturing activity code 10.84Z (Fabrication de condiments et assaisonnements), opened 2019-06-29, staff 10-19 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• HEID 57350 STIRING WENDEL: SIRET 30652217800020, closed 1992-12-25, activity code 63.1E. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 3 RUE DU CHATEAU DE SELLES 59400 CAMBRAI: SIRET 30652217800046, closed 2008-08-07, trade activity code 46.37Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de café, thé, cacao et épices), opened 2006-04-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• PARC D'ACTIVITES CAMBRAI SUD AVENUE GEORGES NUTTIN 59400 CAMBRAI: SIRET 30652217800053, closed 2009-06-30, trade activity code 46.37Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de café, thé, cacao et épices), opened 2008-08-07. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

11 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 3 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• 57.227.008: Site named in the record, registry number 57.227.008. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of establishments approved under EU Regulation 853/2004
• TECHNOPOLE FORBACH SUD 57600 FOLKLING: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• TECHNOPOLE FORBACH SUD Rue de Cavendish, 57600 Folkling: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• TECHNOPOLE FORBACH SUD: Site named in the record. DGAL (French Directorate General for Food), official list of approved establishments (Regulation 853/2004)

Candidates, not confirmed

• van-hees.com: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)