The controversial 14 percent ‘sugar tax’ on sweet beverages, biscuits, chocolate and sweets due to have gone into effect in 1st January was instead quietly dropped shortly before the New Year. Read the full story

Jon Steindor Valdimarsson, head of the Federation of Icelandic Industries, says the Minister for Health’s idea to put a special tax on sugary drinks is “unbelievable”. It is, he says, too easy to blame bad dental health solely on sugary drinks.

“It’s just unbelievable to hear Ogmundur Jonasson’s plans to treat children’s tooth decay by taxing sugar-sweetened fizzy drinks. It’s fair to say I thought we’d already said goodbye to this sort of tax idea,” he told mbl.is. Read the full story