49. [Repealed, SOR/2000-183, s. 19]

50. to 54. [Repealed, SOR/95-548, s. 2]

55. Where, owing to poor examination conditions or latent defects in a product, an inspector is unable to determine the grade of the product, he may postpone inspection of the product for such period as is necessary in order to enable him to make an accurate determination of the grade.

• 56. (1) Subject to subsection (3) and section 57, no person shall export out of Canada any food product for which grades have been established under these Regulations as set out in Schedule I unless

  • (a) the food product has been prepared in a registered establishment; and

  • (b) the food product meets the requirements of one of those grades.

• (2) Subject to subsection (3) and section 57, no person shall export out of Canada any food product or any food product of a class for which standards have been established under these Regulations as set out in Schedule II or any vegetable soup, spaghetti in tomato sauce, horseradish sauce, creamed horseradish, infant food or junior food, unless the food product

  • (a) has been prepared in a registered establishment;

  • (b) is packed in a container prescribed in Table III to Schedule III; and

  • (c) is marked as prescribed in Part IV.

• (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a shipment of food products that

  • (a) weighs 20 kg or less; or

  • (b) is part of an emigrant’s effects.

57. A food product that does not meet the requirements of these Regulations as to grade, standards, packing and marking may be exported if

• (a) the shipper provides a signed statement

  • (i) confirming that the container and markings comply with the requirements of the importing country, and

  • (ii) setting out the quality specifications of the contract under which the food product is being exported;

• (b) the lot number or code of the shipment is marked on the label or embossed on the container; and

• (c) the label on the container does not misrepresent the quality, quantity, composition, character, safety or value of the food product.

• (d) [Repealed, SOR/88-107, s. 3]

58. A person who wishes to obtain an export certificate for a food product that certifies that the food product meets the export requirements of this Part shall

• (a) submit an application, in a form provided by the Agency, duly completed in duplicate, to an inspector or at the nearest inspection office, containing the following information:

  • (i) the date and place of the application,

  • (ii) the registration number of the establishment in which the food product was prepared,

  • (iii) the name and address of the exporter,

  • (iv) the name and address of the consignee,

  • (v) the name of the carrier,

  • (vi) the date the shipment is to go forward,

  • (vii) a description of the food product and any identification marks including the grade and the brand name,

  • (viii) the number of shipping containers and the number, size and kind of containers per shipping container,

  • (ix) a statement that the food product mentioned in the application is sound, wholesome and edible and that it meets the requirements of the Act and these Regulations, and

  • (x) the signature of the applicant;

• (b) have the food product inspected by an inspector in accordance with the terms set out in section 48; and

• (c) pay the fee prescribed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice, in accordance with the conditions of payment set out in that Notice.