Order No. 511 on the functions and powers of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Subject

Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries

Keyword

Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Aquaculture Policy/planning Food quality control/food safety Codex Alimentarius Animal health

Geographical area

Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Entry into force notes

1 May 2015.

Abstract

This Order sets regulations regarding the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries authority and administrative functions in Denmark, whereby the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration - an agency under the Ministry - monitors, advises and implements the Ministry's policy on food and veterinary issues (including animal welfare and feed). It prepares bills and lays down administrative regulations, guidance, plans and programmes making individual cases’ decisions in accordance to national provisions and EU legislations in areas assigned to the Agency. The Agency is headed by a Director, a number of deputy directors and a veterinary director and may also monitor livestock health and wildlife. It shall preside and provide secretariat functions to the Danish Codex Alimentarius Committee (1), the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Advisory Committee for Diseases in Aquaculture - DRUD - (2) and to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Advisory Committee for Control Costs (3). The Veterinary Director shall carry out the following administrative functions: monitoring of international trade to/from third countries requiring special certification of health (1). Represent European Union issues concerning animal health conditions (2). Represent Denmark in the International Organization on Animal Health – OIE – (3) and represent Denmark in the European Foot and Mouth Disease Commission (FAO). The following powers are conferred on the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries under the Fisheries Act and shall be exercised by the Director of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration to regulate and implement measures to fulfill certain EU regulations.

Full text

Danish

Website

www.retsinformation.dk

References - Legislation

Implements

Ecology Act (No. 1203 of 2022).

Legislation | Denmark | 1999 (2022)

Keyword: Ecological production/organic production, Aquaculture, Internal trade, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Institution, Food quality control/food safety, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on apiculture (No. 197 of 2009).

Legislation | Denmark | 2006 (2009)

Keyword: Apiculture/sericulture, Toxicity/poisoning, Internal trade, Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Fisheries Act.

Legislation | Denmark | 2017 (2018)

Keyword: Protection of habitats, Framework law, Fishery management and conservation, Inland fisheries, Aquaculture, Marine fisheries, Freshwater fishes, Non-commercial fishing, Data collection/reporting, Fishing gear/fishing method, Institution, Foreign fishing, Management/conservation, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Aquatic animals, Aquatic plants

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on outdoor keeping of pigs (No. 51 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 2001 (2017)

Keyword: Animal production, Swine, Animal welfare, Data collection/reporting, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on keeping dairy cattle and their offspring (No. 58 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 2010 (2017)

Keyword: Animal health, Cattle, Data collection/reporting, Animal welfare, Standards, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Keeping Act (LBK no. 9 of 06/01/2022).

Legislation | Denmark | 2004 (2022)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Animal health, Animal production, Animal reproduction, Animal welfare, Pests/diseases, International trade, Transport/storage, Inspection, Ranching/captive breeding, Dangerous animal/harmful animal, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Slaughtering, Swine, Marking/identification, Certification, Data collection/reporting, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Act (No. 46 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 1998 (2017)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Nutrition, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Processing/handling, Codex Alimentarius, Inspection, International trade, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on feedstuffs (No. 477 of 2014).

Legislation | Denmark | 2011 (2014)

Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Basic legislation, Transport/storage, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on control of animal pathogens (No. 53 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 2009 (2017)

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, International trade, Transport/storage, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Protection of Animals Act (No. 473 of 2014).

Legislation | Denmark | 2013 (2014)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Institution, Inspection, Poultry, Swine, Transport/storage, Standards, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on the keeping of horses (No. 472 of 2014).

Legislation | Denmark | 2013 (2014)

Keyword: Animal health, Animal welfare, Equine-animals, Marking/identification, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on indoor keeping of piglets, breeding and slaughtered pigs (No. 56 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 2000 (2017)

Keyword: Swine, Animal production, Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on the keeping of broilers (No. 54 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 2001 (2017)

Keyword: Poultry, Slaughtering, Transport/storage, Animal health, Animal production, Authorization/permit, Animal welfare, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on Veterinarians (No. 464 of 2014).

Legislation | Denmark | 2013 (2014)

Keyword: Animal health, Drugs, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on keeping of turkey for slaughter (No. 57 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 2011 (2017)

Keyword: Poultry products, Slaughtering, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Food quality control/food safety, Poultry, Animal health, Animal welfare

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on the administration of EU regulations of the Cooperative Agricultural Policy scheme financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (No. 115 of 2020).

Legislation | Denmark | 1990 (2020)

Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Agricultural commodities, Internal trade, International trade, Data collection/reporting, Tax/levy, Financial agricultural measures, Policy/planning, Agricultural development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on indoor keeping of gilts, dry sows and pregnant sows.

Legislation | Denmark | 1998 (2017)

Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Animal production, Swine, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Order No. 558 on the functions and powers of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Legislation | Denmark | 2014

Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Aquaculture, Policy/planning, Food quality control/food safety, Codex Alimentarius, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Order No. 641 on penalties for infringement of certain regulations on genetically modified food.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Traceability/product tracing, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 643 on penalties for infringement of Regulation on novel foods and novel food ingredients.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Novel food, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 722 on export of food.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Authorization/permit, International trade, Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Poultry products, Swine, Fish products, Consumer protection, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 774 on honey.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Apiculture/sericulture, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, Consumer protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 889 on addition of nutrients to food.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Food additives, Packaging/labelling, Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 855 on penalties for infringement of indication of country of origin, place of provenance of pork, mutton, goat and poultry meat.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Offences/penalties, Poultry products, Swine, Sheep/goats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1325 on EU trade in sheep and caprines and their import from developing countries.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Sheep/goats, Transport/storage, International trade, Inspection, Certification, Pests/diseases, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1264 on the recognition of professional qualifications in commercial trade of livestock.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, International trade, Certification, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1261 on ban of keeping special animals.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal welfare, Registration, Dangerous animal/harmful animal, Birds, Authorization/permit, Ranching/captive breeding, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1181 on imports of feed stuff with special restrictions and criminal penalties for violation of various EU acts.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Consumer protection, International trade, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1166 on nutrient addition to food.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Food additives, Packaging/labelling, Consumer protection, Authorization/permit, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 712 on duty monitoring for avian influenza in poultry and farmed feathered game.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Poultry products, Game, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Internal trade, Poultry, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1192 on Salmonella in cattle.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Meat, Food quality control/food safety, Consumer protection, Inspection, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Cattle, Slaughtering

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1226 on veterinary use, administration and prescription of drugs for animals.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety, Hormones/steroids, Animal health, Authorization/permit, Drugs, Pests/diseases, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1326 on control of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in cattle.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety, Cattle, Inspection, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Slaughtering, Registration, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1324 on monitoring and controlling certain infectious diseases in aquatic organisms.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Aquaculture, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Fish disease, Fishery management and conservation, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Quarantine, Vaccination, Animal health, Aquatic animals, Fish products, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Certification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1322 on controlling classical swine fever.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Quarantine, Swine, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1328 on controlling sheep and goat plague, and sheep and goat pox.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Quarantine, Sheep/goats, Data collection/reporting, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1327 on controlling vesicular stomatitis.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1323 on compensation and expenses for the inspection and prevention of livestock diseases.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Consumer protection, Poultry products, Tax/levy, Slaughtering, Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1362 on veterinary use, administration and prescription of drugs for animals.

Legislation | Denmark

Keyword: Animal health, Authorization/permit, Drugs, Pests/diseases, Animal production, Hormones/steroids

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1404 on organic food and aquaculture.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Ecological production/organic production, Processing/handling, Aquatic plants, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Aquatic animals, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Traceability/product tracing, Food quality control/food safety, Aquaculture, Sustainable use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1365 on commercial trade of livestock.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Dangerous animal/harmful animal, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1429 on combating African horse sickness.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Pests/diseases, Vaccination, Quarantine, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1422 on housing of mink and fencing of mink farms.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal reproduction, Animal welfare, Ranching/captive breeding

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1465 on food supplements.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Consumer protection, Food additives, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1469 on fighting African Swine Fever.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Swine, Data collection/reporting, Vaccination

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1468 on protective measures in outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza of type H5/H7 in poulty and other captive birds.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Birds, Hygiene/sanitary procedures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1480 on the control of swine vesicular disease.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Vaccination, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1467 on controlling rinderpest.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1470 on plasmacytosis in fur animals.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order no. 1479 on vaccination against Newcastle disease, including paramyxovirus 1 in pigeons.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Vaccination, Birds, Poultry, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Transport/storage, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1556 on IBR infection in cattle.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Cattle, Pests/diseases, Animal health, Quarantine, Certification, Authorization/permit, Vaccination

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1425 on approval of consultants in the food sector.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Certification, Data collection/reporting, Procedural matters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1498 on the recognition of professional qualifications in rearing fox, game birds, deer and ratites.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal welfare, Birds, Education, Game, Wild fauna

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1496 on breeding of feathered animals.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal reproduction, Birds, Animal production, Animal welfare

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1509 on breeding ratites.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Birds, Animal welfare, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1497 on breeding cervids.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Authorization/permit, Ranching/captive breeding, Data collection/reporting, Marking/identification, Registration, Transport/storage, Animal reproduction, Animal welfare

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1481 on BVD in cattle.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Cattle, Pests/diseases, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Vaccination, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1495 on breeding of foxes.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Animal welfare, Data collection/reporting, Ranching/captive breeding

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1361 on the use of medicines for animals, official controls and food companies self-monitoring of residues.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Inspection, Residues, Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety, Drugs, Internal trade, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No. 1428 on Aujeszky's disease.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Consumer protection, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Swine, Food quality control/food safety, Pests/diseases, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Order No. 596 on the functions and powers of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration .

Legislation | Denmark | 2020

Keyword: Institution, Food quality control/food safety, Codex Alimentarius

Source: FAO, FAOLEX