Act No. 3 of 1933 relative to the control of food, etc.

Country

Type of law

Legislation

Date of original text

1933

Source

FAO , FAOLEX

Abstract

Production, storage, transport placing upon the market, and importation of food shall be subject to rules made by and control carried out by the Government. Such rules shall be made in order to: prevent of production of food harmful to public health; safeguard hygienic quality of food; regulate the ingredients and quality of food; to establish general criteria which food shall meet before being placed upon the market (sect. 1). Food includes drinking water but not medicines. Section 3 provides specifically for regulation of the quality of water used in the food business. The municipal and inter-municipal food control authorities shall be charged with food supervision and control tasks pursuant to this Act and implementing regulations. They shall receive assistance from the police force and the customs offices. (13 sections)

Attached files

http://faolex.fao.org/docs/html/nor13993.htm

Web site

http://www.lovdata.no

Date of consolidation/reprint

23 Jun 2000

Notes

Consolidated version of Act No. 3 of 1933 as amended last by Act No. 56 of 2000.

Repealed

Yes

Source language

English

Legislation status

repealed

Legislation Amendment

No

Implemented by

Decree No. 1239 of 1997 relative to food hygiene.

on 07 Mar 2000

Decree No. 997 of 1996 relative to maximum residue limits for veterinary preparations in foodstuffs of animal origin.

on 13 Mar 2002

Decree No. 1388 of 1993 relative to residues of plant protection substances in foodstuffs.

on 22 Mar 2000

Decree No. 464 of 1998 to regulate the importation and placing upon the market of fish and fish products from Bangladesh.

on 05 May 1998

Decree No. 1471 of 1998 to regulate supervision and control of the importation and exportation of food and products of animal origin other than food from third countries.

on 18 Oct 1999

Decree relative to hygiene in relation with the production and placing upon the market, etc. of meat products and some other products of animal origin.

on 23 Dec 1998

Instructions for the supervision and control of production of meat products and some other products of animal origin (No. 289 of 1999).

on 04 Mar 1999

Decree relative to requirements in relation with minced meat and prepared meat products and hygiene in production (No. 1470 of 1998).

on 23 Dec 1998

Decree relative to food intended for the use of low-energy nutrition for weight reduction (No. 949 of 1998).

on 01 Oct 1998

Decree to prohibit, until further notice, the importation of peanuts originating or sent from Egypt (No. 686 of 1999).

on 03 Jun 1999

Decree No. 1380 of 1993 relative to extraction substances used in the production foodstuffs.

on 04 Apr 2000

Decree prescribing special conditions for the handling and labelling of eggs and related matters (No. 1544 of 1999).

on 22 Dec 1999

Decree No. 1378 of 1993 relative to added substances used in foodstuffs.

on 03 Jul 2000

Decree No. 100 of 2002 to prohibit until further notice the importation of products of animal origin from China.

on 04 Oct 2002

Regulation No. 65 of 2000 relative measures to control residue substances of certain substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, production animals, and fish, so as to safeguard the wholesomeness of foodstuffs.

on 03 Apr 2019

Repealed by

Act No. 124 of 2003 relative to food production and food safety (Food Act).

on 15 Jun 2018