Can I sell eggs from my backyard chickens in the Faroe Islands, and do I need a license?

Faroe Islands: eggs from your own domestic fowl can be sold to shops and restaurants as registered Heimaframleiðsla (turnover under 1 million kroner, labelled unapproved); direct-sale rules weren't read. Small-flock line: home-production register to sell to shops and restaurants (turnover under kr. 1,000,000); direct-sale rules not read. The conditions, and the law they come from, are on this page.

Can I reuse egg cartons in the Faroe Islands?

The sources we read do not say; ask Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan before reusing cartons for eggs you sell.

What has to be on the carton label in the Faroe Islands?

For eggs sold as Heimaframleiðsla: the words heimaframleiðsla, óløggild vøra and unauthorized printed visibly on the pack (or, if unpacked, another visible notice that the goods are not approved), plus the producer's name and registration number, the contents including additives and allergens, the production date and durability, and correct storage and preparation, in Faroese (Kunngerð nr. 149/2017, § 8). For pre-packed food offered for sale in the Faroe Islands (packed into retail units before sale): the approval number or the name and address of the producer or business, the country of origin where leaving it out would mislead, the product name, durability and any special storage or use instructions, ingredients and net quantity (each with the exceptions the order lists), on the sales unit in Faroese or a closely related language (Kunngerð nr. 25/1996, §§ 8-9). How this combines with the Heimaframleiðsla labels was not established. The rule reads: "§ 8. Matvøra, sum verður framleidd, marknaðarførd og seld eftir hesi kunngerð, skal merkjast við orðunum heimaframleiðsla, óløggild vøra og unauthorized, ið skulu prentast við sjónligum stavum á innpakkingina."

National rules

Can you sell backyard eggs in the Faroe Islands?

Faroe Islands: eggs from your own domestic fowl can be sold to shops and restaurants as registered Heimaframleiðsla (turnover under 1 million kroner, labelled unapproved); direct-sale rules weren't read.

Read from 3 official sources30 passages quotedChecked November 2, 2026

License

Depends how you sell

Small-flock line

Home-production register to sell to shops and restaurants (turnover under kr. 1,000,000); direct-sale rules not read

Farmers markets

Not stated

Cartons

Not stated

In plain English

Under the Faroese home-production order (Heimaframleiðslukunngerðin), food of Faroese origin made from your own raw materials, including eggs from domestic fowl (heimafuglur), may be sold under the name Heimaframleiðsla to wholesalers, shops, markets, restaurants and similar businesses in the Faroe Islands. To do so you must be registered in the home-production register (Heimaframleiðsluskráin) kept by Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan, and your total yearly home-production turnover must be below kr. 1,000,000. The order does not cover direct sales from producer to end user, which another order (on approval and registration of food businesses, § 12) addresses; that order was not read. The Faroese food act lets food from the producer's own farm be sold to the final consumer on the home market under rules the minister sets, if yearly turnover stays under a limit the minister sets of at most 1 million kroner.

A sourced reading of the rules in the Faroe Islands, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan before you sell.

Do you need a license?

Depends on how and how much you sellHome-production register to sell to shops and restaurants (turnover under kr. 1,000,000); direct-sale rules not read

Register with Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan in the home-production register (name of the person or company, P- or V-number and address, plus the production site if it is elsewhere); total yearly home-production turnover must be below kr. 1,000,000.Kunngerð nr. 149/2017, § 4
The food may not be processed further by another producer, packed at an approved unit or otherwise come into contact with approved goods, and must be kept apart from approved goods at every stage; approved second-tier businesses may still handle, cut up and pack it if approved goods don't come into contact with it, and the first of these rules does not apply to restaurants.§ 6
It must be offered for sale separately, for example in its own section of the chilled counter, and second-tier sellers must tell buyers it is not an approved product.§ 7(2)-(3)
Handle, pack, store and transport it so it does not spoil or lose much quality.§ 5
Food may not be sold if, used normally, it may cause illness or poisoning.Løgtingslóg nr. 58/2010, § 4(1)

The exact wording

“§ 4. Heimaframleiðarar, ið vilja framleiða og selja matvørur eftir § 1, skulu skrásetast í Heimaframleiðsluskránni, sum Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan umsitur.”

Where you can sell

From home or the farm

Not stated

The food act lets food from the producer's own farm be sold to the final consumer on the home market under rules the minister sets, with a yearly turnover ceiling of at most 1 million kroner (Løgtingslóg nr. 58/2010, § 32(2) and (4)). Those direct-sale rules were not read; ask Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan.

Farmers markets

Not stated

The home-production order lists markets (torg) among the businesses that may sell Heimaframleiðsla bought from a registered home producer. Selling at your own stall is a direct sale to consumers, and those rules were not read.

Stores and restaurants

With conditions

Registered home producers may sell eggs from domestic fowl as Heimaframleiðsla to wholesalers, shops and restaurants in the Faroe Islands, with yearly home-production turnover under kr. 1,000,000, kept apart from approved goods and labelled as unapproved (Kunngerð nr. 149/2017, §§ 1-8).

Cartons, labels and handling

Cartons

The sources we read don't set a carton rule.

Refrigeration

No storage temperature for eggs was found in the Faroese texts read (the food act, the home-production order and the 1996 labelling order). Home producers must handle, pack, store and transport food so it does not spoil or lose much quality, and must label its correct storage.

The label must show

For eggs sold as Heimaframleiðsla: the words heimaframleiðsla, óløggild vøra and unauthorized printed visibly on the pack (or, if unpacked, another visible notice that the goods are not approved), plus the producer's name and registration number, the contents including additives and allergens, the production date and durability, and correct storage and preparation, in Faroese (Kunngerð nr. 149/2017, § 8).
For pre-packed food offered for sale in the Faroe Islands (packed into retail units before sale): the approval number or the name and address of the producer or business, the country of origin where leaving it out would mislead, the product name, durability and any special storage or use instructions, ingredients and net quantity (each with the exceptions the order lists), on the sales unit in Faroese or a closely related language (Kunngerð nr. 25/1996, §§ 8-9). How this combines with the Heimaframleiðsla labels was not established.

Grading

No egg grading or egg marketing standard was found in the Faroese texts read.

Washing

Not stated in the sources we read.

Pricing your dozen? The egg price calculator works it out from your feed bill.

Keeping chickens in the Faroe Islands? →Registration, bird-flu housing powers and welfare rules, on their own page.Not established

Common questions

Can I sell eggs from my backyard chickens in the Faroe Islands, and do I need a license?: Faroe Islands: eggs from your own domestic fowl can be sold to shops and restaurants as registered Heimaframleiðsla (turnover under 1 million kroner, labelled unapproved); direct-sale rules weren't read. Small-flock line: home-production register to sell to shops and restaurants (turnover under kr. 1,000,000); direct-sale rules not read. The conditions, and the law they come from, are on this page.
Can I sell eggs at a farmers market in the Faroe Islands?: Not stated in the sources we read. The home-production order lists markets (torg) among the businesses that may sell Heimaframleiðsla bought from a registered home producer. Selling at your own stall is a direct sale to consumers, and those rules were not read.
Can I reuse egg cartons in the Faroe Islands?: The sources we read do not say; ask Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan before reusing cartons for eggs you sell.
What has to be on the carton label in the Faroe Islands?: For eggs sold as Heimaframleiðsla: the words heimaframleiðsla, óløggild vøra and unauthorized printed visibly on the pack (or, if unpacked, another visible notice that the goods are not approved), plus the producer's name and registration number, the contents including additives and allergens, the production date and durability, and correct storage and preparation, in Faroese (Kunngerð nr. 149/2017, § 8). For pre-packed food offered for sale in the Faroe Islands (packed into retail units before sale): the approval number or the name and address of the producer or business, the country of origin where leaving it out would mislead, the product name, durability and any special storage or use instructions, ingredients and net quantity (each with the exceptions the order lists), on the sales unit in Faroese or a closely related language (Kunngerð nr. 25/1996, §§ 8-9). How this combines with the Heimaframleiðsla labels was not established. The rule reads: "§ 8. Matvøra, sum verður framleidd, marknaðarførd og seld eftir hesi kunngerð, skal merkjast við orðunum heimaframleiðsla, óløggild vøra og unauthorized, ið skulu prentast við sjónligum stavum á innpakkingina."
Do eggs I sell in the Faroe Islands have to be kept cold?: In short: No storage temperature for eggs was found in the Faroese texts read (the food act, the home-production order and the 1996 labelling order). Home producers must handle, pack, store and transport food so it does not spoil or lose much quality, and must label its correct storage.

Sources

§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · Løgtingslóg nr. 58 frá 26. mai 2010 um matvørur v.m.
§§ 5, 9, 11, 12, Fylgiskjal 1 · Løgtingslóg nr. 16 frá 23. februar 2001 um djórasjúkur
§§ 2, 16, 17, 18 · Løgtingslóg nr. 49 frá 30. apríl 2018 um djóravælferð (Djóravælferðarlógin)
§§ 1-8 · Kunngerð nr. 149 frá 27. november 2017 um framleiðslu og sølu av matvørum, sum ikki eru virkaðar á løggildum matvøruvirki (Heimaframleiðslukunngerðin)
§§ 1, 2, 8, 9 · Kunngerð nr. 25 frá 26. mars 1996 um at merkja liðugt pakkaðar matvørur
Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan · Heimaframleiðsluskráin (home-production register)

Read the 30 passages this page is built on

“Løgtingslóg nr. 58 frá 26. mai 2010 um matvørur v.m., sum seinast broytt við løgtingslóg nr. 102 frá 13. juli 2017”
§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · read 2026-11-02
“Á sama hátt sum eftir stk. 1 kunnu matvørur frá veiðu, frá egnum garði ella fari framleiðarans verða seldar endaliga brúkaranum á heimamarknaðinum eftir reglum, sum landsstýrismaðurin ásetur.”
§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · read 2026-11-02
“Loyvi at selja matvørur sambært stk. 1 og 2 er treytað av, at árligi umsetningur framleiðarans er niðanfyri eitt av landsstýrismanninum ásett mark, sum í mesta lagi kann vera 1 mió. kr.”
§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 4. Forboð er fyri sølu av matvørum, um tær, nýttar á vanligan hátt, kunnu metast at bera ella verða atvold til sjúku ella kunnu hava eitran sum fylgju,”
§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · read 2026-11-02
“Landsstýrismaðurin leggur umsiting av eftirliti, umsjón, kanningum og kunningarvirksemi v.m., ið hava samband við matvørulóggávuøkið, til Heilsufrøðiligu starvsstovuna,”
§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · read 2026-11-02
“Kunngerð nr. 149 frá 27. november 2017 um framleiðslu og sølu av matvørum, sum ikki eru virkaðar á løggildum matvøruvirki (Heimaframleiðslukunngerðin), sum seinast broytt við kunngerð nr. 81 frá 18. mai 2021”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 1. Kunngerðin er galdandi fyri matvørur, sum hava føroyskan uppruna, sbr. tó stk. 2-3, og sum verða seldar við heitinum Heimaframleiðsla, sbr. § 2, stk. 1, nr. 1, til heilsølur, smásølur, matstovur o.a. í Føroyum.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Matvørur, ið kunnu seljast við heitinum Heimaframleiðsla, eru seyður, neyt, heimafuglur, egg frá heimafugli, villini fuglur, grind, hara, grønmeti og frukt, bæði viðgjørt og óviðgjørt.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 4. Kunngerðin er ikki galdandi fyri durasølu, t.e. søla frá framleiðara beinleiðis til endabrúkara, sbr. § 12 í kunngerð um løggilding og skráseting av matvøruvirkjum.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“3) Framleiðari í øðrum liði: Heilsøla, smásøla, torg o.tíl., har matvøruframleiðsla eftir § 1, stk. 2 og 3, verður marknaðarførd og seld, og matstovur, sum viðgera, tilvirka, marknaðarføra og selja matvøruframleiðslu eftir § 1, stk. 2 og 3.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 4. Heimaframleiðarar, ið vilja framleiða og selja matvørur eftir § 1, skulu skrásetast í Heimaframleiðsluskránni, sum Heilsufrøðiliga starvsstovan umsitur.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 2. Skrásetast skulu navn, annaðhvørt á persóni ella felagi, ávikavist p-tal ella v-tal, og bústaður framleiðarans. Verður matvøran framleidd aðrastaðni enn á bústaði framleiðarans, skal framleiðslustaðurin eisini skrásetast.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Treytin fyri at verða skrásettur í Heimaframleiðsluskránni er, at samlaði árligi umsetningurin av heimaframleiðsluni er minni enn kr. 1.000.000.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 6. Matvøran kann ikki tilvirkast víðari hjá einum øðrum framleiðara enn heimaframleiðaranum sambært § 2, nr. 2, ella verða pakkað á løggildari eind ella á annan hátt koma í samband við løggilda vøru, sbr. tó stk. 4.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 3. Vøran skal sambært § 7, stk. 2 og 3, haldast atskild frá løggildari vøru í øllum liðum, eisini í sambandi við flutning, goymslu, tilvirking og sølu, sbr. tó stk. 4.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 4. Hóast ásetingarnar í stk. 1 og 3, kunnu framleiðarar í øðrum liði, ið eru løggildir eftir kunngerð um løggilding og skráseting av matvøruvirkjum, handfara, skera sundur og pakka heimaframleiðsluvørur treytað av, at hetta kann gerast á slíkan hátt, at løggild vøra ikki kemur í samband við ta óløggildu vøruna.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 5. Ásetingin í stk. 1 er ikki galdandi fyri matstovur.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 2. Matvøran skal bjóðast til sølu fyri seg, t.d. í einum rúmi fyri seg í kølidiskinum.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 3. Framleiðari í øðrum liði skal gera keyparanum greitt, at talan er um vøru, ið ikki er løggild.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 5. Heimaframleiðslan skal leggjast til rættis á slíkan hátt, at matvøran verður handfarin, tilgjørd, pakkað, goymd og flutt soleiðis, at matvøran ikki spillist ella oyðilegst, ella at góðskan versnar munandi.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 8. Matvøra, sum verður framleidd, marknaðarførd og seld eftir hesi kunngerð, skal merkjast við orðunum heimaframleiðsla, óløggild vøra og unauthorized, ið skulu prentast við sjónligum stavum á innpakkingina.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Er vøran ikki pakkað, skal tað á annan sjónligan hátt gerast vart við, at talan er um vøru, sum ikki er løggild.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 2. Matvøran skal harumframt merkjast við: 1) Navni og skrásetingarnummari hjá heimaframleiðara, sbr. § 4, stk. 2. 2) Vøruinnihald, undir hesum eisini útílatingarevni og andelvi (allergen). 3) Framleiðsludegi og haldføri. 4) Rættari goymslu, t.d. at vøran eigur at goymast kalt, og rættari tilgerð, t.d. at vøran skal hitaviðgerast.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“Teksturin skal vera á føroyskum, sbr. tó stk. 1.”
§§ 1-8 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 1. Henda kunngerð fevnir um at merkja liðugt pakkaðar matvørur og matveitingar, ætlaðar til sølu í Føroyum.”
§§ 1, 2, 8, 9 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 2. Liðugt pakkaðar matvørur eru matvørur, pakkaðar í smásølueindir, áðrenn tær verða bodnar út til sølu, og sum fyrst eru ætlaðar at verða latnar upp av brúkaranum sjálvum.”
§§ 1, 2, 8, 9 · read 2026-11-02
“§ 9. Liðugt pakkaðar matvørur skulu vera merktar við hesum upplýsingum: 1) Løggildingar-/góðkenningar nr. ella navn og atstaður á framleiðara ella virki. 2) Upprunaland, um so er, at tað er villleiðandi fyri brúkaran, um henda upplýsing ikki stendur. 3) Vøruheiti sambært §§ 10-11.”
§§ 1, 2, 8, 9 · read 2026-11-02
“4) Haldføri og serligar goymslu- og nýtsluleiðbeiningar sambært §§ 12-16. 5) Tilfar sambært §§ 17-21. 6) Nettoinnihald sambært §§ 22-24.”
§§ 1, 2, 8, 9 · read 2026-11-02
“Stk. 2. Merkingin skal standa á sjálvari sølueindini, og skal vera á føroyskum ella á øðrum nærskyldum máli.”
§§ 1, 2, 8, 9 · read 2026-11-02
“Kunngerðir, givnar við heimild í løgtingslóg nr. 46 frá 21. juni 1985 um matvørur v.m., verða verandi í gildi, til tær verða settar úr gildi.”
§§ 4, 26, 32, 45, 60 · read 2026-11-02

What we couldn't confirm

The rules for selling your own eggs directly to consumers (§ 12 of the Faroese order on approval and registration of food businesses) were not read, so farm-gate and own-stall sales are not settled here.
Who counts as a home producer depends on that same order, which was not read.
No Faroese egg grading, egg marketing, carton or egg storage-temperature rule was found.
No Faroese order on registering poultry or other animal holdings was identified, and no official bird-flu status page was found.
Building, planning and municipal rules on keeping poultry were not researched.

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Can you sell backyard eggs in the Faroe Islands?

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Cartons, labels and handling

Common questions

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