Rice Factories Act (Cap. 95:05).

Country/Territory: Guyana
Document type: Legislation
Date: 2002 (2009)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Laws of Guyana.
Long title: An Act to repeal and re-enact the Rice Factories Act 2002, to provide for the establishment of rice factories, the regulation and control of rice factories and the manufacture of rice.

Subject: Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword: Cereals/grains/rice Agricultural commodities Crops/grasses Authorization/permit Non-governmental entity Classification/declassification
Geographical area: Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America

Abstract: This Act makes provision for the public control on the manufacture of rice and for this purpose requires rice manufacturers to obtain a licence from the Guyana Rice Development Board. Establishment of a rice factory requires a permit from the Board. No person shall manufacture rice without a licence obtained under this Act. A licensee may apply to the Board to become an official unhulled rice grading agency.
Full text: English
Website: legalaffairs.gov.gy