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Food Products Standards Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 153).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1990 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Institution Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

In accordance with the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), the (provincial) Lieutenant Governor in Council (LGC) may, by regulation, designate a food or a kind or class of food as being subject to the quality and compositional standards of the above federal Act (sect. 2). If no requirements have been established under the Food and Drug Act (Canada), the LGC may establish provincial quality and compositional standards for the manufacture or processing of foodstuffs for sale in British Columbia (sect. 4). Moreover, the LGC is given the power to establish more stringent or specific standards than those present in the federal Act. The remaining provisions deal with powers of inspection, regulations, offences and penalties.

Full text
English
Website
www.qp.gov.bc.ca

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act ([SBC 2016] Chapter 1).

Legislation | Canada | 2016

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Farming, Certification, Inspection, Agricultural development, Ecological production/organic production, Packaging/labelling, Standards, Classification/declassification, Internal trade, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX