• 21.1 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations,

  • (a) units of measurement shown on a label shall be expressed in accordance with the International System of Units (metric) as set out in Schedule I to the Weights and Measures Act.

  • (b) to (e) [Repealed, SOR/95-247, s. 1]

• (2) [Repealed, SOR/85-558, s. 10]

• 22. (1) Every sample of a fertilizer or supplement taken by an inspector for analysis shall,

  • (a) be taken in a manner approved by the Director;

  • (b) represent fairly the lot of fertilizer or supplement from which it is taken; and

  • (c) be of sufficient size for analysis.

• (2) Where a fertilizer is packed in bags, a sample shall

  • (a) in the case of lots or shipments of ten bags or less, consist of approximately equal portions drawn from each bag in the lot; and

  • (b) in the case of lots or shipments of eleven bags or more, consist of approximately equal portions drawn from each of any 10 bags in the lot or shipment.

• (3) Where non-liquid fertilizers are in bulk, samples in approximately equal portions shall be drawn from each of at least 10 different sections of the bulk.

23. Except as otherwise authorized by the Director, the methods of chemical analysis used to test a fertilizer or supplement shall be the latest methods published and approved by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.

• 23.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall release a novel supplement unless the person

  • (a) provides notification of the proposed release in writing to the Minister, accompanied by the information set out in section 23.2;

  • (b) provides an undertaking in writing to the Minister to take responsibility for and assume the costs of the safe disposal of the novel supplement and all crops produced on the land or growing medium to which the novel supplement is applied; and

  • (c) receives authorization from the Minister for the release pursuant to section 23.3.

• (2) Where the accompanying information that is required to be provided to the Minister by paragraph (1)(a) in respect of the proposed release of a novel supplement is the same as information that has already been provided to the Minister before the coming into force of this section and sections 23.2 to 23.4, or that is provided on or after the coming into force of this section and sections 23.2 to 23.4 in relation to another notification or authorization, the information is not required to be provided again.