• 59. (1) Subject to subsection (3) and sections 59.2 and 59.3, no person shall convey from one province to another any food product for which grades are prescribed in Schedule I unless the food product

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

  • (b) meets the minimum grade prescribed for that food product in Schedule I;

  • (c) is packed in a container prescribed for that food product in Tables I and II of Schedule III; and

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

• (2) Subject to subsection (3) and sections 59.2 and 59.3, no person shall convey from one province to another any food product or any food product of a class for which standards are prescribed in Schedule II or any vegetable soup, spaghetti in tomato sauce, horseradish sauce, creamed horseradish, creamed seafood sauce, cider vinegar, wine vinegar, infant food or junior food, unless the food product

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

  • (b) complies with the standards, if any, prescribed for that food product in Schedule II;

  • (c) is packed in a container prescribed for that food product in Table III of Schedule III; and

  • (d) 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 and is not intended for sale in Canada; or

  • (b) is being test marketed in accordance with an authorization issued pursuant to subsection 9.1(5).

59.1 [Repealed, SOR/2003-6, s. 53]

59.2 The Minister or a delegate of the Minister may exempt from any of the requirements of the Act or these Regulations the conveyance from one province to another of a food product where the Minister or delegate considers that it is necessary to do so in order to alleviate a shortage in Canada in the available supply from domestic production of that food product or an equivalent food product.

59.3 A food product that is unlabelled or that is not marked in accordance with Part IV may be conveyed from one province to another if the shipper provides evidence that the food product will be labelled or marked at its destination to comply with these Regulations.

• 60. (1) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall import into Canada any food product for which grades are prescribed in Schedule I unless the food product

  • (a) meets the minimum grade prescribed for that food product in Schedule I;

  • (b) subject to section 25, is packed in a container prescribed for that food product in Table I or II of Schedule III; and

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

• (2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall import into Canada any food product or any food product of a class for which standards are prescribed 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) complies with the standards, if any, prescribed for that food product in Schedule II;

  • (b) subject to section 25, is packed in a container prescribed for that food product in Table III to Schedule III; and

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

• (3) Subject to section 65, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a shipment of food products that

  • (a) weighs 20 kg or less;

  • (b) is part of an immigrant’s effects;

  • (c) is consigned to a national or international exhibition if

    • (i) the food product weighs 100 kg or less, and

    • (ii) is not intended for sale in Canada;

  • (d) is imported from the United States onto the Akwesasne Reserve for use by an Akwesasne resident; or

  • (e) is being test marketed in accordance with an authorization issued pursuant to subsection 9.1(5).

• (4) Paragraph (3)(d) does not apply in respect of a food product that is shipped to Canada from another country through the United States if the shipment is bonded.

• (5) For the purpose of paragraph (3)(d), “Akwesasne resident” means an individual who has established permanent residence on the Akwesasne Reserve.