Biocides Regulations (SOR/2024-110)

Marginal note:Temporary exemption — certain sanitizers

• 70 (1) A surface sanitizer for use in food premises is exempt from the application of these Regulations — other than sections 10, 11 and 26 — if, immediately before the first anniversary of the day on which these Regulations are registered,

  • (a) a drug identification number has not been assigned to the surface sanitizer for use in food premises under the Food and Drug Regulations; and

  • (b) the surface sanitizer for use in food premises is not a pest control product that is registered under the Pest Control Products Act.

• Marginal note:End of exemption

  (2) The exemption ceases to apply on the earliest of

  • (a) the day on which the Minister makes a final decision in respect of an application for a market authorization for the surface sanitizer for use in food premises;

  • (b) the day on which an application for a market authorization for the surface sanitizer for use in food premises is withdrawn; and

  • (c) the seventh anniversary of the day on which these Regulations are registered.

• Marginal note:Definition of surface sanitizer for use in food premises

  (3) In this section, surface sanitizer for use in food premises means a biocide that is manufactured, sold or represented for use exclusively in premises in which food is manufactured, prepared or kept for sale.