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.

3. Where a grade or standard is established under these Regulations for a processed product, no person shall market in import, export or interprovincial trade any substitute for that processed product in such a manner that the substitute is likely to be mistaken for the processed product.

3.1 The grades for canned fruits and vegetables set out in Table I of Schedule I, the grade names therefor and the standards therefor are as prescribed in that Table.

4. The grades for frozen fruits and vegetables set out in Table II of Schedule I, the grade names therefor and the standards thereof, are as prescribed in that Table.

5. The grades for canned and frozen fruits and vegetables set out in Schedule I that are imported and sold in their original containers are as prescribed in that Schedule and the grade names therefor are as set out in section 3 of Schedule V.

5.1 [Repealed, SOR/93-330, s. 2]

6. The standards for fruit and vegetable products set out in Schedule II are as prescribed in that Schedule.

6.1 A fruit or vegetable product for which a standard is set out in these Regulations shall contain only the ingredients set out in the standard prescribed for the product in Schedule I or II.

7. [Repealed, SOR/91-687, s. 4]

8. The grade names established by these Regulations may be applied to containers of fruit and vegetable products only on the following terms and conditions:

• (a) except in the case of an imported product sold in its original container, the product was prepared in a registered establishment in accordance with these Regulations; and

• (b) the product was packed in a container prescribed in Part III and was marked as prescribed in Part IV.

• 9. (1) Except as authorized by these Regulations or by an inspector, no person shall ship or transport from the establishment in which it was packed, any fruit or vegetable product for which grades are established in these Regulations unless there has been applied to the container of the product a grade name established by these Regulations.

• (2) This section does not apply to fruit and vegetable products in Schedule I designated as “optional” and on which grade labelling is not mandatory.