False Trade Descriptions Act, 2015 (No. 42 of 2015). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette of The Bahamas Extraordinary of 13 October 2015. Long titleAn Act relating to False Trade Descriptions. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Traceability/product tracing Offences/penalties Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act defines "false trade description" and provides rules for the applying of trade descriptions to goods. A "trade description' shall include the standard of quality of goods and its classification and fitness for the purposes for which they are sold. The Act also defines offences in respect of applying false trade descriptions to goods. Full text English Website laws.bahamas.gov.bs References - Legislation Amends Health Rules (Cap. 231). Legislation | Bahamas | 1935 (1991) Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Milk/dairy products, Meat, Vending, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Fraud, Offences/penalties, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal production, Drugs, Data collection/reporting, Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Sewerage, Transport/storage, Well sinking/boreholes Source: FAO, FAOLEX