Food and Drugs Act (Chapter 30:01).
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
This Act provides a regulatory and administrative framework for the control and enhancement of quality and hygiene standards for food intended for human consumption and drugs intended for human beings and animals. The Act also prescribes various prohibitions in respect of the handling and placing on the market of food and drugs.
The Minister may require reporting on various specified particulars regarding the production, importation or use of any substance specified in the Order made for this purpose by the Minister. The Act prohibits the sale of harmful, adulterated or unsanitary food and defines various other offences in respect of the placing on the market of food or drugs. The Act further provides for the enforcement of provisions of this Act by inspectors and for the power of the Minister to create food and drugs advisory committees and to issue further rules relating to matters specified in or covered by this Act.
The Minister may require reporting on various specified particulars regarding the production, importation or use of any substance specified in the Order made for this purpose by the Minister. The Act prohibits the sale of harmful, adulterated or unsanitary food and defines various other offences in respect of the placing on the market of food or drugs. The Act further provides for the enforcement of provisions of this Act by inspectors and for the power of the Minister to create food and drugs advisory committees and to issue further rules relating to matters specified in or covered by this Act.
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Long title of text
An Act respecting food and drugs.
Entry into force notes
The Act entered into force on 1 January 1965.
Notes
Consolidated version as authorized by L.R.O. 1/1990 of Act 8 of 1960 as amended last by Act No. 31 of 1980.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Laws of Trinidad and Tobago Gazette.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No