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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

(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

(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

N.S. Reg.

340/2015

Agriculture and Marketing Act

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:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

340/2015

Oct 20, 2015

Date specified

Oct 30, 2015

56/2020

Apr 7,

Date

specified

Apr

24, 2020

The

following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current

consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*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

Provision affected

How affected

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

2 defn. of “

federal organic products

regulations” ....................................

ad. 56/2020

5(2) ...................................................

am. 56/2020

7 ........................................................

rs. 56/2020

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

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.