Act No. 93 on foodstuffs.

This Act provides rules relative to production and placing on the market of foodstuffs, i.e. products intended for human consumption including drinking water. The purpose of this Act is to ensure as far as possible the quality, safety and wholesomeness of foodstuffs and that the labelling and other information of foodstuffs is correct and in accordance with the law.
Article 2 defines the application sphere of the Act. The Minister for the Environment, hereafter referred to as the Minister, shall be ultimately responsible for matters covered by this Act, insofar as they are not entrusted to other Ministers. The Environmental and Food Agency of Iceland shall advise the Minister (art. 5). Article 6 however provides that the following areas fall under the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture: a) import and export of livestock products; b) communicable livestock diseases; c) the handling, inspection and classification of slaughterhouse products; d) health inspection of farmed fish. The Chief Veterinary Officer advises the Minister of Agriculture in these matters. A Cooperation Council shall work on coordinating rules and instructions on foodstuffs and supervision of foodstuffs and discuss the implementation of supervision of foodstuffs (art. 8). Anyone producing or distributing foodstuffs must notify such activities to the Registry of Companies of Statistics Iceland, and must hold an operating licence from the competent supervisory body (art. 9). Articles 10 to 13 concern some other general rules relative to production, storage and placing on the market of food. Articles 14 and 15 provide rules relative to packaging and labelling. The Minister shall, in Regulations, lay down provisions on the use of additives, flavourings, pesticides and supplements in foodstuffs production and on permissible quantities of contaminants in foodstuffs (art. 17). Article 20 concerns the granting of licenses. Foodstuffs production and distribution is subject to a licence from a health committee. The local health committees, under the ultimate supervision of the Environmental and Food Agency of Iceland, shall inspect foodstuffs production and distribution, insofar as this is not entrusted to other parties (art. 22). (32 articles divided into 13 Chapters)