• 2.1 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall market a food product in import, export or interprovincial trade as food unless the food product, including every substance used as a component or ingredient thereof,

  • (a) [Repealed, SOR/2011-205, s. 27]

  • (b) is not contaminated;

  • (c) is sound, wholesome and edible;

  • (d) is prepared in a sanitary manner;

  • (e) where irradiated, is irradiated in accordance with Division 26 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations; and

  • (f) meets all other requirements of the Food and Drugs Act and the Food and Drug Regulations with respect to the food product.

• (2) It is prohibited for anyone to mix a food product that is contaminated with another food product iso that it meetst the requirements of subsection (1).

• (3) [Repealed, SOR/2003-6, s. 41]

• (4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), “prepared in a sanitary manner” means prepared in accordance with the provisions of sections 16 and 17.

2.2 Despite section 2.1, a food product that is contaminated may be marketed in import, export or interprovincial trade as animal food if it is

• (a) fit for use as animal food;

• (b) labelled with the words “animal food” and “aliments pour animaux”;

• (c) prepared separately from food products intended for use as food; and

• (d) where appropriate, treated to give it the appearance of being inedible.

2.3 An inspector may direct that a food product be disposed of or destroyed where the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds that the food product

• (a) [Repealed, SOR/2011-205, s. 29]

• (b) is contaminated;

• (c) does not meet the requirements of subsection 2.1(1) or section 2.2 and cannot be prepared in such a manner that it meets those requirements; or

• (d) is otherwise injurious to the health of any person.

2.4 No person shall market in import, export or interprovincial trade any food product in a container

• (a) that has not been well sealed;

• (b) the lid or bottom of which has become convex; or

• (c) that is otherwise defective.