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
• Baby Fruit Juices (4ozs)
• Bread - Sandwich Loaf, Creole Loaf
• Cement
• Cereals - corn flakes, corn meal, oats (All other cereals are excluded)
• Cheese (cheddar) (cut and wrap)
• Corned Beef (7ozs)
• 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,
• Flour – Bulk White and Whole Wheat Flour
• Fuels - Gasoline (unleaded), Diesel Oil, Kerosene, Propane Gas (LPG)
• 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
• Garlic
• Herbicides - Dacthal, Fusillade, Gesapax, Gramocil, Gramoxone, Reglone, Round up, Talent, Touchdown, Other Herbicides approved by the competent authority
• 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
• Molluscides - (slug bait) - Methaldehyde Liquid (slugit), Methaldelhyde pellets, Methiocarb, Other Moluscides approved by the competent authority
• Nematicides - Furadan, Miral, Mocap, Rugby, Vydate L, Other Nematicides approved by the competent authority
• 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
• Other Chemicals - 1-methyclclopropane, 8-hydroxyquinoline, Agral (sticker), Alum, Indicate 5, Klerat, M-Pede, Physan-20, Other chemicals approved by the competent authority
• Other Fertilizers/Soil ameliorants approved by the competent authority
• Potassium Nitrate
• Powdered chocolate cocoa
• RICE – Bulk Parboiled
• Rice (packaged)
• Salted Biscuits (regular cakes) 5 ozs or less
• Sardine 106g or less
• School Supplies - School textbooks, Atlases, Dictionaries, Exercise books, Drawing books, Geometry sets, Crayons, Colour pencils, Note books
• Sugar (package) Refined and brown
• Sugar Bulk Refined and brown
• Sulpomag
• Tea (black) 20 bags or less
• Toilet Soap (Bar) 115g or less)
• Toothpaste 100ml or less
• Triple Super Phosphate
• Tuna 3.5 ozs or less
• Urea
• Wheat Flour (packaged)

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.