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Organic Grade Regulations
made under Section 166 of the
Agriculture and Marketing Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 6
O.I.C. 2015-331 (October 20, 2015), N.S. Reg. 340/2015
amended to O.I.C. 2020-116 (effective April 7, 2020), N.S. Reg. 56/2020
Table of Contents
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Citation
Definitions
Application
Multi-ingredient products designated as products
Organic grade
Restricted terms representing organic grade
Records to be maintained
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Organic Grade Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“Act” means the Agriculture and Marketing Act;
“Canadian Organic Standards” means the standards CAN/CGSB 32.310 and
CAN/CGSB 32.311, as defined in the federal Safe Food for Canadians
Regulations;
“certification body” means a third-party organization that is accredited or
recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency under the federal Safe Food
for Canadians Regulations as being responsible for the organic certification of
agricultural products and organic product packaging and labelling certification;
“federal organic products regulations” means Part 13 of the Safe Food for
Canadians Regulations made under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (Canada);
“multi-ingredient product” means a type of product that is composed of 2 or more
products;
“product” has the same meaning as in clause 165(d) of the Act.
Application
3 These regulations apply to all products produced or processed in the Province and sold in
the Province.
Multi-ingredient products designated as products
4 Multi-ingredient products are hereby designated as products under clause 165(d) of the
Act.
Organic grade
5 (1) There is hereby established a grade for all products to be known as “organic
grade”.
(2) An organic grade product is one that is certified by a certification body as meeting
the Canadian Organic Standards and the federal organic products regulations.
Restricted terms representing organic grade
6 (1) For the purposes of Section 174 of the Act, use of any of the following terms or
similar words, including abbreviations of, symbols for and phonetic renderings of
those words is deemed to be representing a product as organic grade:
(a) organic;
(b) organically grown;
(c) organically produced;
(d) organically raised;
(e) organic grade.
(2) A person must not use a business name that contains any of the terms prescribed in
subsection (1) in connection with a product unless the product meets the
requirements for organic grade.
Records to be maintained
7 A person who produces or prepares a product that is certified as organic grade in
accordance with these regulations must maintain the records required by Section 351 of
the federal organic products regulations.
Legislative History
Reference Tables
Organic Grade Regulations
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N.S. Reg.
340/2015
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Agriculture and Marketing Act
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Note: The information in these tables does not form part
of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of
Regulations for reference only. |
Source Law
The current consolidation of the Organic Grade Regulations made under the Agriculture and Marketing Act includes all
of the following regulations:
The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation:
*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for
rules about in force dates of regulations.
Amendments by
Provision
ad. = added
am. = amended |
fc. = fee change
ra. = reassigned |
rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted |
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2 defn. of “Canadian Organic
Standards”........................................................ |
rs. 56/2020 |
2 defn. of “certification
body”......... |
rs. 56/2020 |
2 defn. of “
federal Organic Products
Regulations”................................... |
rep. 56/2020
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2 defn. of “
federal organic products
regulations”.................................... |
ad. 56/2020
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5(2)................................................... |
am. 56/2020 |
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rs. 56/2020 |
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Note that changes to headings are not
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Editorial Notes and Corrections:
Repealed and Superseded:
Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and
replaced appear in this table. It may
not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.