Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

Marginal note:Grade name — prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables

• 320 (1) The grade name of prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, other than consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, must be shown

  • (a) on any surface of the container, except the bottom; and

  • (b) in characters of at least the minimum character height that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 for the area of a principal display surface that is set out in column 1.

• Marginal note:Exception — type size

  (2) Despite subsection (1), the grade name of prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, other than consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, may, if the container is a reusable plastic container, be in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height.

• Marginal note:Exception — second container

  (3) If prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables that are labelled in accordance with these Regulations are placed inside of a second container and the resulting product is prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, other than consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, the second container is not required to be labelled with the grade name if the grade name is readily discernible and legible without having to open the second container and the grade name is not obscured by the second container.