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 Full text English Website www.qp.gov.bc.ca References - Legislation Repealed by Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act ([SBC 2016] Chapter 1).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