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Act No. 38 on animal husbandry.

Country/Territory
Iceland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Basic legislation Animal production Animal feed/feedstuffs Marking/identification Monitoring Inspection Institution
Geographical area
Arctic, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

The purpose of this Act is to lay down rules for the keeping of livestock, the marking and registration of livestock and the collection of statistics and other data on livestock. "Livestock" in this Act refers to poultry, goats, horses, rabbits, fur animals, cattle, sheep and pigs. If a dispute arises as to what should be covered by the term livestock, a decision shall be taken on this by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority. The Minister is in charge of the management of matters under this Act. The Icelandic Food and Food Administration handles the acquisition of the statistics and the monitoring of livestock labeling. Livestock keeping shall be authorized by local authorities. The Act sets out duties of livestock farmers, monitoring and inspection powers of the Food and Veterinary Authority and regulation-making powers of the Minister.

Full text
Icelandic
Website
www.althingi.is

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Regulation No. 916 on the marking of livestock.

Legislation | Iceland | 2012

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing, Animal health, Slaughtering, Transport/storage, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX