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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 title
An 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