Trade Descriptions Act 1968 is The Act makes it a criminal offence to apply a false trade description to goods. The Act covers descriptions given both verbally and in writing. It covers any factual statement about the physical qualities of the product, e.g. size, capacity, performance, place of manufacture and previous history. For DSGi it is vitally important to ensure that it has a procedure in place, in a fast changing market, to ensure that new products are accurately described when they are put on sale.