Maple Products Regulations (C.R.C., c. 289).

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Vegetables/legumes Certification Internal trade International trade Standards Packaging/labelling Classification/declassification Fraud

Geographical area

Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Abstract

The present Regulations enact the Canada Agricultural Products Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to national standards for and regulating international and interprovincial trade in maple products. Section 3 establishes that these Regulations apply to maple products including maple syrup, maple sugar, soft maple sugar, maple butter and maple taffy. The text consists of 24 sections divided into 6 Parts as follows: Grades and grading (I); Packing (II); Markings (III); Inspections and grading services (IV); Import, export and interprovincial trade (V); Administration (VI).Three Schedules are enclosed as follows: Grade requirements for maple syrup (I); Standards for maple products other than maple syrup (II); Determining colour classes of maple syrup (III); Size of letters for maple syrup label markings (IV); Method of determining fluid net contents of containers of maple syrup (V).

Full text

English

Website

www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Canada Agricultural Products Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. 20) (4th Supp.)

Legislation | Canada | 1985 (2015)

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Internal trade, Subsidy/incentive

Source: FAO, FAOLEX