Food Safety and Quality Act 2016 (No. 5 of 2016). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette of 22 June 2016. Long titleAn Act to regulate food safety and quality at all stages in the food chain; to provide for the appropriate food safety measures; to facilitate trade in safe food and to regulate other matters connected thereto. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Basic legislation Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Institution Policy/planning Registration Authorization/permit Codex Alimentarius HACCP Traceability/product tracing Transport/storage Packaging/labelling International trade Certification Inspection Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Fraud Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act applies to food business. The objectives of this Act are- (a) to regulate food safety and quality at every stage of the food chain; (b) to regulate all food including fish and meat and fair practices in trade in food products; and (c) generally, to protect human health and consumer interests. "Food business" is defined as ‘any business, however small, where production, manufacture, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging transport, handling, serving, storage or sale in relation food is carried out, whether for profit or not, whether in permanent or temporary structure and whether on land or at sea'. The Act states in various occasions that all food safety measures and actions shall be based on risk assessment. Full text English Website laws.bahamas.gov.bs References - Legislation Amends Environmental Health Services Act (Cap. 232). Legislation | Bahamas | 1987 Keyword: Framework law, Institution, Pollution control, Waste management, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Water supply, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Food Act (Cap. 236). Legislation | Bahamas | 1985 Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Institution, Inspection, Packaging/labelling, Fraud, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX