Ontario Vegetable Growers’ Marketing-for-Processing Order (SOR/78-860)

2 In this Order,

Act

Act means The Farm Products Marketing Act of Ontario; (Loi)

Board

Board means the Farm Products Marketing Board of Ontario established pursuant to the Act; (Régie)

Commodity Board

Commodity Board means The Ontario Vegetable Growers’ Marketing Board established pursuant to the Act; (Office)

Plan

Plan means a plan for the marketing of vegetables established pursuant to the Act, and any regulations made pursuant to the Act to give effect to the Plan; (plan)

processing

processing means

• (a) canning, dehydrating, drying, freezing, pickling or processing a vegetable with sugar or sulphur dioxide or any other chemical or by heat,

• (b) combining or mixing a vegetable with one or more other vegetables, or

• (c) entering into a contract for the purchase of vegetables for the purpose of performing on the vegetables any of the operations mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); (transformation)

producer

producer means a person engaged in the production of vegetables; (producteur)

vegetable

vegetable means green and wax beans, lima beans, red beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, sweet corn, cucumbers, green peas, pumpkins, squash or tomatoes produced in Ontario and used for processing purposes. (légume)