Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

Marginal note:Onions, potatoes and apples from United States

• 117 (1) Onions, potatoes and apples that are imported from the United States must

  • (a) be accompanied at the Canadian port of entry by a serially numbered certificate or evidence, in the form of a facsimile or a copy of an email message, issued by the federal department responsible for agriculture in the United States, that establishes that the following requirements are met:

    • (i) the applicable requirements that are set out in Parts 10 to 12,

    • (ii) in the case of onions, the requirements for a particular grade of onions that are set out in the Compendium,

    • (iii) in the case of potatoes, the requirements for the grade Canada No. 1 that are set out in the Compendium, and

    • (iv) in the case of apples, the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy or Canada Fancy that are set out in the Compendium; or

  • (b) meet and be certified by the Minister as meeting the requirements that are set out in subparagraph (a)(i) and, in accordance with any general tolerances for inspection at the time of shipping or repackaging that are set out in the Compendium, the requirements that are set out in subparagraph (a)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

• Marginal note:Endorsement

  (2) The certificate and evidence referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must be endorsed with the expression “Meets Canadian Import Requirements for Grades, Packaging, Labelling and Standard Container Size” or “satisfait aux exigences d’importation du Canada visant la classification, l’emballage, l’étiquetage et la taille des contenants normalisés”.