Egg Regulations
2 In these Regulations,
- Act
Act means the Canada Agricultural Products Act; (Loi)
- adulterated
adulterated[Repealed, SOR/2011-205, s. 1]
- Agency
Agency means the Canadian Food Inspection Agency established by section 3 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act; (Agence)
- blood spot
blood spot means a small particle of blood on the yolk or in the albumen of an egg; (caillot sanguin)
- box
box means a container made to contain 15 dozen eggs; (boîte)
- candling
candling means examining the interior condition of an egg by rotating or causing the egg to rotate in front of or over a light source that illuminates the contents of the egg; (mirage)
- carton
carton means a container that is capable of being closed and that is made to contain not more than 30 eggs in separate compartments; (boîte à oeufs ou carton)
- case
case means a container made to contain 30 dozen eggs; (caisse)
- code mark
code mark[Repealed, SOR/2002-354, s. 1]
- container
container means any case, box, tray with an overwrap, carton, or other receptacle made to contain eggs; (contenant)
- contaminated
contaminated, in respect of an egg, means
(a) containing a chemical, drug, food additive, heavy metal, industrial pollutant, ingredient, medicament, microbe, pesticide, poison, toxin or any other substance not permitted by, or in an amount in excess of limits prescribed under, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Food and Drugs Act or the Pest Control Products Act, or
(b) containing any substance that renders the egg inedible; (contaminé)
- Director
Director means the Director designated by the President of the Agency; (directeur)
- dirt
dirt means any egg yolk, manure, soil or foreign matter that can be readily removed from the shell of an egg; (saleté)
- District Supervisor
District Supervisor[Repealed, SOR/81-1007, s. 1]
- domestic hen
domestic hen means a hen of the domestic chicken belonging to the species Gallus Domesticus; (poule domestique)
- Drinking Water Quality Guidelines
Drinking Water Quality Guidelines means the Summary of Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality — excluding Supporting Documentation and references to Supporting Documentation — as amended from time to time, prepared by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health, published on the Web site of the Department of Health; (Recommandations pour la qualité de l'eau potable)
- dye mark
dye mark means a mark consisting of a deposit of food colour not exceeding 20 mm in diameter that is applied to the large end of an egg at a registered egg station; (marque de teinture)
- edible
edible means fit for use as human food; (version anglaise seulement)
- egg
egg means an egg of the domestic hen; (oeuf)
- egg station
egg station means one or more rooms or buildings where eggs are prepared; (poste d’oeufs)
- Executive Director
Executive Director means the Executive Director designated by the President of the Agency; (directeur exécutif)
- food
food has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Food and Drugs Act; (aliment)
- food additive
food additive has the same meaning as in section B.01.001 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations; (additif alimentaire)
- food colour
food colour has the same meaning as in the Food and Drug Regulations; (colorant alimentaire)
- grade designation
grade designation means Grade A, Grade B, Grade C or Grade Nest Run; (désignation de catégorie)
- lot
lot means a quantity of eggs that for any reason is considered separately from any other quantity of eggs for the purpose of an inspection; (lot)
- meat spot
meat spot means a small particle of the oviduct of the domestic hen on the yolk or in the albumen of an egg; (tache de chair)
- operator
operator means the person who is responsible for the operation of a registered egg station; (exploitant)
- overgrade
overgrade[Repealed, SOR/98-131, s. 1]
- processed egg
processed egg has the same meaning as in the Processed Egg Regulations; (oeuf transformé)
- processed eggs
processed eggs[Repealed, SOR/90-299, s. 1]
- producer
producer means a person who ships, transports or sells eggs produced only on his own farm; (producteur)
- producer code
producer code[Repealed, SOR/95-548, s. 2]
- producer premises code
producer premises code means a combination of letters, symbols and numbers that distinguishes the premises of a producer from which the eggs originated; (code de l’exploitation du producteur)
- Reference Listing
Reference Listing means the Reference Listing of Accepted Construction Materials, Packaging Materials and Non-Food Chemical Products published on the Web site of the Agency, as amended from time to time; (Liste de référence)
- Regional Director
Regional Director[Repealed, SOR/90-110, s. 1]
- Regional Director General
Regional Director General[Repealed, SOR/2000-184, s. 1]
- registered egg product station
registered egg product station[Repealed, SOR/81-1007, s. 1]
- registered egg station
registered egg station means an egg station registered under section 7; (poste d’oeufs agréé)
- registered processed egg station
registered processed egg station has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Processed Egg Regulations; (poste agréé d’oeufs transformés)
- registration number
registration number means the number assigned to a registered egg station pursuant to section 7; (numéro d’agrément)
- reject
reject means an egg that on examination at a registered egg station does not meet the requirements of any grade established by these Regulations; (rejeté)
- size designation
size designation means Jumbo Size, Extra Large Size, Large Size, Medium Size, Small Size or Peewee Size; (désignation de calibre)
- stain
stain means any substance on the shell of an egg, other than dirt or a dye mark or a design or an emblem stamped thereon; (tache)
- tray
tray means a container, other than a carton, that is made to contain not more than 30 eggs in separate compartments; (plateau)
- undergrade
undergrade means an egg that does not meet the requirements for the grade at which it is graded. (inférieur à la catégorie)
- SOR/81-1007, s. 1
- SOR/87-584, s. 1
- SOR/90-110, s. 1
- SOR/90-299, s. 1
- SOR/92-12, s. 1
- SOR/92-70, s. 1
- SOR/92-645, s. 1
- SOR/95-250, s. 1(F)
- SOR/95-475, s. 2
- SOR/95-548, s. 2
- SOR/97-151, s. 1
- SOR/97-292, s. 1
- SOR/98-131, s. 1
- SOR/2000-184, s. 1
- SOR/2002-354, s. 1
- SOR/2006-193, s. 1
- SOR/2011-205, s. 1
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