Food Act (No. 526 of 2005).

In adherence to EU regulations and international agreements, this Act aims to give consumers healthy and high quality food in order to protect them from fraud, including claims in connection with marketing of food, as well as to promote healthy eating habits, and thereby contribute to ensuring food producers to fairly promote Danish export. This is supported through effective hygiene inspections at all stages of production and turnover of food which fees and costs shall be borne by companies producing any product (marking, packaging, food additives) which shall be in contact with the traded food. Laboratories undertaking such inspections shall be accredited by the European co-operation for Accreditation.
This Act consists of 17 Chapters: Scope and purpose (1); Food-safety(2); Food composition(3); Diet and nutrition(4); Food marketing and labelling (5); Discretionary labelling (6); Materials and articles (7); Businesses (8); Import, export and trade (9); Earmark taxes and fees (10); Authorities (11); The European Union (12); Verification and publication of inspection results (13); The Food Advisory Committee (14); Appeals and delegation (15); Penal provisions (16); Entry into force (17).