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Potatoes – Marketing (O. Reg. 247/99).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Ontario
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999 (2005)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Vegetables/legumes Policy/planning Internal trade Inspection Institution Processing/handling Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulation provides for the control and regulation in any or all respects of the production and marketing within Ontario of potatoes, including the prohibition of such producing and marketing in whole or in part. The Local Board has the power to: a) require persons engaged in producing or marketing potatoes to register their names, addresses and occupations with the local board; b) require the said persons to furnish related information, including the completing and filing of returns, as the local board determines; c) appoint persons, i) to inspect the books, records, document, land and premises and any potatoes of persons engaged in producing or marketing potatoes, ii) to enter on lands or premises used for the producing of any potatoes and measure the area of land used to produce them; d) to promote, increase and improve the marketing of potatoes by such means as it considers proper; e) co-operate with a marketing board, local board, marketing commission or marketing agency of Canada or any province in Canada for the purpose of marketing potatoes; f) make any orders, issue any directions or do any other thing it considers necessary to ensure that the Act, the regulations and the plan are complied with. The present Regulation consists of 30 sections.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.on.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Farm Products Marketing Act (R.S.O. 1990, c.F.9).

Legislation | Canada | 1990 (2017)

Keyword: Farming, Agricultural commodities, Dispute settlement, Agricultural development, Institution, Internal trade, Standards, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Poultry products, Fruits/edible nuts

Source: FAO, FAOLEX