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Organic Agricultural Products Certification Regulation (B.C. Reg. 200/93).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1963 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Agricultural commodities Food quality control/food safety Standards Certification Internal trade Institution
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulation enacts sections 11 and 12(1) of the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act. The purpose of this Regulation is to establish a programme to enable persons to be certified if they meet standards for the farming, gathering, processing, packaging, selling or handling of organic food products so that the public can be made aware which food products meet those standards. The text consists of 12 sections as follows: Purpose (1); Definitions (2); Prescribed phrase and symbol (3); Who is eligible to hold a certificate? (4); How to get a certificate (5); Powers of the Administrator (6); Duties of the Administrator (7); Certificate term (8); Certificate conditions (9); Appeals from a decision of a producer certifying agency or trade certifying agency (10); Appeals from a decision of the Administrator (11); Duty of Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia to surrender documents (12).

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

References - Legislation

Implements

Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act ([SBC 2000] Chapter 20).

Legislation | Canada | 2000 (2007)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Agricultural commodities, Certification, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX