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Cocoa and Coffee Industry Act (Cap. 64:20).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Legislation
Date
1961 (2013)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Long title
An Act to establish a Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board to regulate and control the purchase and sale of cocoa and coffee, and for matters incidental thereto.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Coffee/cocoa/tea Institution International trade Internal trade Authorization/permit Inspection Offences/penalties Beverages
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act provides rules for internal and external trade in coffee and cocoa and provides for control on such trade. It establishes the Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board as a body corporate. The Board shall be responsible for securing the most favourable arrangements for the purchase, sale, handling, grading, exportation and marketing of cocoa and coffee for the benefit of the cocoa and coffee industry. The Board shall have extensive powers to regulate and control exportation of coffee and cocoa. It shall, among other things, grant permits for exportation of coffee or cocoa and allocate quotas of cocoa or coffee that may be exported during any period by licensed exporters. A permit or a licence to export cocoa or coffee granted by the Board does not authorise the exportation of cocoa or coffee that does not meet a standard of quality prescribed by the Board for export. Except as provided in this Act no person other than the Board or a registered producer shall sell cocoa or coffee locally and no producer shall sell cocoa or coffee, except cocoa or coffee that is the produce of lands owned or occupied by him or her.

Full text
English
Website
www.legalaffairs.gov.tt

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Cocoa and Coffee Industry Regulations (Cap. 64:20).

Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1967 (2011)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Coffee/cocoa/tea, International trade, Internal trade, Authorization/permit, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Classification/declassification, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Beverages

Source: FAO, FAOLEX