Public Market and Slaughterhouse Act (Cap. 240). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 1947 (1987) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act relating to the public market and slaughterhouse. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Vending Inspection Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act provides rules relative to public markets and to slaughterhouses declared by the Minister to be a slaughterhouse for purposes of this Act. Full text English Website laws.bahamas.gov.bs