10/08/2023

CAD Continues to provide the Public with Consumer Education

By CAD

The Consumer Affairs Department (CAD) continues to provide the public with consumer education to help minimise conflict during transactions and promote consumer interest through the appropriate legislation.

Under the Distribution and Price of Goods Act, Cap. 13.09 the CAD is responsible for approving prices of Price Controlled Goods and island wide monitoring prices of Price Controlled Goods. The following are the list of the Price Controlled Goods.

● Baby Foods ● Margarine (227g) chilled
● Margarine shelf (227g)

● Baby Fruit Juices (4ozs) ● Mackerel 155g and less
● Cement ● Milk
Evaporated

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Powdered and granules

Packaged

Loose

● Cereals: corn flakes, corn meal, oats (All other cereals are excluded) ● Oil Edible (imported) 500ml or less
● Cheese (cheddar) (cut and wrap)
● Powdered chocolate cocoa

● Onions
● Corned Beef (7ozs) ● Peas and Bean (dried)
● Wheat Flour (packaged)
● Potatoes
● Rice (packaged

● Garlic
● Salted Biscuits (regular cakes) 5 ozs or less ● Fungicides – Aliette, Anvil, Banrot, Benlate, Bravo, Calixin, Captain, Cuprivite Blue, Funguflor, Kocide, Manzate, Mertect, Phyton-27, Ridomil, Rizolex, Sigma, Tilt, Vectra, Other Fungicides approved by the competent authority
● Sardine 106g or less
● Sugar (package) Refined and brown

● Herbicides – Dacthal, Fusillade, Gesapax, Gramocil, Gramoxone, Reglone, Round up, Talent, Touchdown, Other Herbicides approved by the competent authority
● School Supplies – School textbooks, Atlases, Dictionaries, Exercise books, Drawing books, Geometry sets, Crayons, Colour pencils, Note books ● Insecticides – Admire, Agree, Applaud, Basudin, Confidor, Danitol, Dart, Diazinon, Dipel, Fastac, Karate, Malathion, Metaxytox (also a miticide), Mostyn, M-Pede, MVP, Nomolt, Prelude, Primicid, Regent, Sevin, Tambo, Torque, Trigard, Volaton, Other insecticides approved by the competent authority
● Tea (black) 20 bags or less ● Molluscides -(slug bait) – Methaldehyde Liquid (slugit), Methaldelhyde pellets, Methiocarb, Other Moluscides approved by the competent authority
● Tuna 3.5 ozs or less ● Nematicides – Furadan, Miral, Mocap, Rugby, Vydate L, Other Nematicides approved by the competent authority
● Toilet Soap (Bar) 115g or less) ● Other Chemicals – 1-methyclclopropane, 8-hydroxyquinoline, Agral (sticker), Alum, Indicate 5, Klerat, M-Pede, Physan-20, Other chemicals approved by the competent authority

● Toothpaste 100ml or less
● Fertilizers and Soil Ameliorants – Ammonium sulphate, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate, Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP), Foliar Fertilizers (Miracle-Gro, Well Grow, etc.), Limestone (calcitic, dolomitic), Mono-ammonium Sulphate (MAP), Muirate of Potash,
● NPK Fertilizers – 10-10-10, 12-12-24+5MgO, 14-4-28+3 MgO, 16-4-36, 16-4-37, 16-8-24-4 MgO, 18-9-27, 20-20-20, 26-3-15+13 MgO, Peters (20-20-20)

● Nutrex

● Organic Fertilizers

● Ossmocote

● Potassium Nitrate

● Sulpomag

● Triple Super Phosphate

● Urea

● Other Fertilizers/Soil ameliorants approved by the competent authority

● BREAD

○ (a) Sandwich Loaf

○ (b) Creole Loaf

● FLOUR – Bulk White and Whole Wheat Flour

● RICE – Bulk Parboiled

● SUGAR – Bulk Refined and brown

● FUELS – Gasoline (unleaded), Diesel Oil, Kerosene, Propane Gas (LPG)

The Consumer Affairs Department remains committed to protecting the interest and ensuring the safety of all consumers. Should you have any concerns, please contact the Consumer Affairs Department at 468-4226 or 468-4229.

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