O. Reg. 354/15: PRODUCE, HONEY AND MAPLE PRODUCTS

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ontario regulation 354/15

made under the

Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001

Made: November 25, 2015
Filed: November 27, 2015
Published on e-Laws: November 27, 2015
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 12, 2015

Amending O. Reg. 119/11

(PRODUCE, HONEY AND MAPLE PRODUCTS)

1. Section 6 of Ontario Regulation 119/11 is amended by adding the following subsections:

(2) Every person who operates premises at which maple products that are intended to be sold are produced or packed shall ensure that all equipment, utensils, containers or other food contact surfaces that are used during the production or packing of maple products and will come into contact with the maple products during their production or packing, are made of food grade material that is non-toxic and that will not cause or contribute to the contamination of the maple products.

(3) Every person who collects, stores or transports maple sap for use in maple products that are intended to be sold shall ensure that all equipment, utensils, containers or other food contact surfaces that are used during the collection, storage or transportation of the maple sap are made of food grade material that is non-toxic and that will not cause or contribute to the contamination of the maple sap.

2. (1) Clause 12 (1) (b) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(b) classify the maple syrup as one of the four colour classes set out in Column 2 of Table 5, based on the percentage of light transmission set out opposite the colour class in Column 4 of the Table that the person determines exists in the maple syrup, subject to subsection (3).

(2) Subsection 12 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a colour class of maple syrup may be identified either by using the colour name that appears in Column 2 of Table 5 alone (without a taste descriptor) or by using the colour name in Column 2 of Table 5, together with the taste descriptor that is set out opposite to it in Column 3 of Table 5.

(4) Despite anything in this section or in Tables 4 and 5, until December 31, 2017, a person who grades maple syrup or classifies maple syrup for colour may continue to,

(a) grade maple syrup in accordance with the grades set out in Table 4, as it read before January 1, 2016; and

(b) classify maple syrup in accordance with the colour classes set out in Table 5, as it read before January 1, 2016.

(3) Subsection 12 (4) of the Regulation, as made by subsection (2), is revoked.

3. Subsection 18 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

4. (1) Subsection 22 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

(1) The following information shall be set out on one or more labels that are applied to a container of maple product:

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 22 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and” at the end of subparagraph i, by adding “and” at the end of subparagraph ii and by adding the following subparagraph:

iii. a code identifying the production lot of the maple syrup.

(3) Subsections 22 (1.1) and (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(1.1) Despite paragraph 4 of subsection (1), the labels on a container of maple product, other than maple syrup, with a maximum capacity of 150 grams or less, are not required to set out the net weight of the product.

(2) Despite subsection (1), labels on a container of maple syrup with a maximum capacity of 125 ml or less are not required to set out the information in paragraph 3 of subsection (1).

(2.1) Despite subparagraph 3 ii of subsection (1) and Tables 4 and 5, until December 31, 2017, labels on a container of maple syrup may continue to,

(a) set out the grade of the syrup using the grades set out in Table 4, as it read before January 1, 2016; and

(b) set out the colour class of the syrup using the colour classes set out in Table 5, as it read before January 1, 2016.

(4) Subsection 22 (2.1) of the Regulation, as made by subsection (3), is revoked.

(5) Subsection 22 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the label” and substituting “labels”.

(6) Subsection 22 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “a label” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “the labels”.

5. Table 4 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Ontario No. 1” under the heading “Grade Name” set out opposite Item 1 and substituting “Ontario Grade A”.

6. Table 5 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Table 5
Colour Classification for Maple syrup

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Colour Class	Column 3 Taste Descriptor	Column 4 Percentage of Light Transmission
1.	Golden	Delicate Taste	75% or more
2.	Amber	Rich Taste	50% or more but less than 75%
3.	Dark	Robust Taste	25% or more but less than 50%
4.	Very Dark	Strong Taste	Less than 25%

 

Commencement

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2016 and the day it is filed.

(2) Section 1 and subsections 2 (3), 4 (2) and (4) come into force on January 1, 2018.

 

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