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Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act — F-27.5 14
Minister for International Development 14 Subject to section 5, the Minister for International Development is to foster sustainable international development and poverty reduction in developing countries and provide humanitarian assistance during crises by (a) undertaking activities related to international development and humanitarian assistance; (b) ensuring the effectiveness of Canada’s international development and humanitarian assistance activities; (c) fostering relations with other countries and organizations engaged in international development or humanitarian assistance activities; and (d) ensuring Canada’s contributions to international development and humanitarian assistance are in line with Canadian values and priorities.
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Definition of head of mission 15 (1) In this section, head of mission means (a) an ambassador, high commissioner or consul-general of Canada; or (b) any other person that is appointed to represent Canada in another country or a portion of another country or at an international organization or diplomatic conference and that is designated head of mission by the Governor in Council. Duties of head of mission (2) Except as otherwise instructed by the Governor in Council, a head of mission is to have the management and direction of their mission and its activities and the supervision of the official activities of the various departments and agencies of the Government of Canada in the country or portion of the country or at the international organization to which they are appointed.
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Minister for International Cooperation and President of CIDA 16 Any person who holds the office of Minister for International Cooperation or of President of the Canadian International Development Agency on the day on which this section comes into force is deemed to hold the office of Minister for International Development or Deputy Minister for International Development, respectively, on and after that day.
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Positions 17 Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, occupied a position in the Canadian International Development Agency except that the employee, on the coming into force of this section, occupies their position in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development under the authority of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Transfer of appropriations 18 Any amount appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force to defray the charges and expenses of the Canadian International Development Agency that is unexpended is deemed to have been appropriated to defray the charges and expenses of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.
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Transfer of powers, duties and functions 19 If, under any Act of Parliament, any instrument made under an Act of Parliament or any order, contract, lease, licence or other document, any power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister for International Cooperation or Minister of International Cooperation, the President of the Canadian International Development Agency or any other employee of that Agency, that power, duty or function is vested in or may be exercised or performed by the Minister for International Development, the Deputy Minister for International Development or the appropriate officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, as the case may be.
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Food and Drugs Act . R.S., c. F-27, s. 1
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 particular requirements of an individual in whom a physical or physiological condition exists as a result of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or (b) to be the sole or primary source of nutrition for an individual; ( aliment à des fins diététiques spéciales ) foreign regulatory authority means a government agency or other entity outside Canada that controls the manufacture, use or sale of therapeutic products or foods within its jurisdiction; ( autorité réglementaire étrangère ) inspector means an individual designated as an inspector for the purposes of this Act under subsection 22(1) or under section 13 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act ; ( inspecteur ) label includes any legend, word or mark attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any food, drug, cosmetic, device or package; ( étiquette ) Minister means the Minister of Health; ( ministre ) package includes any thing in which any food, drug, cosmetic or device is wholly or partly contained, placed or packed; ( emballage ) person means an individual or an organization as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code ; ( personne ) prescribed means prescribed by the regulations; ( Version anglaise seulement ) sell includes (a) offer for sale, expose for sale or have in possession for sale — or distribute to one or more persons, whether or not the distribution is made for consideration, and (b) lease, offer for lease, expose for lease or have in possession for lease; ( vente ) therapeutic product means a drug or device or any combination of drugs and devices; ( produit thérapeutique ) therapeutic product authorization means (a) an authorization, including a licence, that (i) authorizes the conduct of a clinical trial in respect of a therapeutic product and is issued under the regulations, or (ii) authorizes, as the case may be, the import, sale, advertisement, manufacture, preparation, preservation, packaging, labelling, storage or testing of a therapeutic product and is issued under subsection 21.92(1) or the regulations, or (b) an authorization, including a licence, that would fall within paragraph (a) if the authorization were not suspended; ( autorisation relative à un produit thérapeutique ) unsanitary conditions means such conditions or circumstances as might contaminate with dirt or filth, or render injurious to health, a food, drug or cosmetic. ( conditions non hygiéniques ) R.S., 1985, c. F-27, s. 2; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 191; 1992, c. 1, s. 145(F); 1993, c. 34, s. 71; 1994, c. 26, s. 32(F), c. 38, s. 18; 1995, c. 1, s. 63; 1996, c. 8, ss. 23.1, 32, 34; 1997, c. 6, s. 62; 2014, c. 24, s. 2; 2016, c. 9, s. 1 2019, c. 29, s. 163 2023, c. 26, s. 500 2024, c. 17, s. 322
Food and Drugs Act — F-27
advanced therapeutic product means a therapeutic product that is described in Schedule G or that belongs to a class of therapeutic products that is described in that Schedule; ( produit thérapeutique innovant )
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advertisement includes any representation by any means whatever for the purpose of promoting directly or indirectly the sale or disposal of any food, drug, cosmetic or device; ( publicité ou annonce )
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analyst means an individual designated as an analyst for the purposes of this Act under section 28 or under section 13 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act ; ( analyste )
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clinical trial means a study, involving human subjects, for the purpose of discovering or verifying the effects of a drug, a device or a food for a special dietary purpose; ( essai clinique )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 (a)
confidential business information , in respect of a person to whose business or affairs the information relates, means — subject to the regulations — business information (a) that is not publicly available, (b) in respect of which the person has taken measures that are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that it remains not publicly available, and (c) that has actual or potential economic value to the person or their competitors because it is not publicly available and its disclosure would result in a material financial loss to the person or a material financial gain to their competitors; ( renseignements commerciaux confidentiels )
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contraceptive device means any instrument, apparatus, contrivance or substance other than a drug, that is manufactured, sold or represented for use in the prevention of conception; ( moyen anticonceptionnel )
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cosmetic includes any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in cleansing, improving or altering the complexion, skin, hair or teeth, and includes deodorants and perfumes; ( cosmétique )
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Department means the Department of Health; ( ministère )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 (a)
device means an instrument, apparatus, contrivance or other similar article, or an in vitro reagent, including a component, part or accessory of any of them, that is manufactured, sold or represented for use in (a) diagnosing, treating, mitigating or preventing a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or any of their symptoms, in human beings or animals, (b) restoring, modifying or correcting the body structure of human beings or animals or the functioning of any part of the bodies of human beings or animals, (c) diagnosing pregnancy in human beings or animals, (d) caring for human beings or animals during pregnancy or at or after the birth of the offspring, including caring for the offspring, or (e) preventing conception in human beings or animals; however, it does not include such an instrument, apparatus, contrivance or article, or a component, part or accessory of any of them, that does any of the actions referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) solely by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means or solely by chemical means in or on the body of a human being or animal; ( instrument )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 (a)
drug includes any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in (a) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings or animals, (b) restoring, correcting or modifying organic functions in human beings or animals, or (c) disinfection in premises in which food is manufactured, prepared or kept; ( drogue )
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food includes any article manufactured, sold or represented for use as food or drink for human beings, chewing gum, and any ingredient that may be mixed with food for any purpose whatever; ( aliment )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 (a)
food for a special dietary purpose means a food that has been specially processed or formulated (a) to meet the particular requirements of an individual in whom a physical or physiological condition exists as a result of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or (b) to be the sole or primary source of nutrition for an individual; ( aliment à des fins diététiques spéciales )
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foreign regulatory authority means a government agency or other entity outside Canada that controls the manufacture, use or sale of therapeutic products or foods within its jurisdiction; ( autorité réglementaire étrangère )
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inspector means an individual designated as an inspector for the purposes of this Act under subsection 22(1) or under section 13 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act ; ( inspecteur )
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label includes any legend, word or mark attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any food, drug, cosmetic, device or package; ( étiquette )
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Minister means the Minister of Health; ( ministre )
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package includes any thing in which any food, drug, cosmetic or device is wholly or partly contained, placed or packed; ( emballage )
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person means an individual or an organization as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code ; ( personne )
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prescribed means prescribed by the regulations; ( Version anglaise seulement )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 (a)
sell includes (a) offer for sale, expose for sale or have in possession for sale — or distribute to one or more persons, whether or not the distribution is made for consideration, and (b) lease, offer for lease, expose for lease or have in possession for lease; ( vente )
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therapeutic product means a drug or device or any combination of drugs and devices; ( produit thérapeutique )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 (a)
therapeutic product authorization means (a) an authorization, including a licence, that (i) authorizes the conduct of a clinical trial in respect of a therapeutic product and is issued under the regulations, or (ii) authorizes, as the case may be, the import, sale, advertisement, manufacture, preparation, preservation, packaging, labelling, storage or testing of a therapeutic product and is issued under subsection 21.92(1) or the regulations, or (b) an authorization, including a licence, that would fall within paragraph (a) if the authorization were not suspended; ( autorisation relative à un produit thérapeutique )
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unsanitary conditions means such conditions or circumstances as might contaminate with dirt or filth, or render injurious to health, a food, drug or cosmetic. ( conditions non hygiéniques )
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 2.1
Non-corrective contact lenses 2.1 For the purposes of this Act, a non-corrective contact lens is deemed to be a device. 2012, c. 25, s. 1
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 2.2
Tobacco products 2.2 This Act does not apply to a tobacco product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act . 2018, c. 9, s. 72
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 2.3
Vaping products 2.3 (1) Despite the definition drug in section 2, this Act does not apply to a vaping product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act by reason that it contains nicotine, unless the vaping product is manufactured, sold or represented for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings. Vaping products (2) Despite the definition device in section 2, this Act does not apply to a vaping product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act by reason that it is manufactured, sold or represented for use with a substance or mixture of substances that contains nicotine, unless the vaping product is manufactured, sold or represented for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings. 2018, c. 9, s. 72
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 2.4
Classification — thing 2.4 (1) If the Minister believes that a thing falls within two or more of the definitions food , drug , cosmetic and device in section 2, the Minister may, by order, add a description of the thing to a single part of Schedule A that corresponds to one of the definitions in which the thing is believed to fall. Classification — class of things (2) If the Minister believes that every thing in a class of things falls within the same two or more definitions food , drug , cosmetic and device in section 2, the Minister may, by order, add a description of the class to a single part of Schedule A that corresponds to one of the definitions in which the things in the class are believed to fall. Factors (3) Before adding a description of a thing or a class of things to a part of Schedule A, the Minister shall consider the following factors: (a) the risk of injury that the thing or things present to human health; (b) the protection and promotion of health; (c) the possibility of a person being deceived or misled; (d) the purposes for which the thing or things are sold, represented or used and the history of use of the thing or things; (e) the treatment of similar things that have been regulated as foods, drugs, cosmetics or devices under this Act; and (f) the prescribed factors, if any. Effect of addition (4) A thing that either is described in or belongs to a class of things that is described in (a) Part 1 of Schedule A falls within the definition food in section 2 and does not fall within any of the other definitions referred to in subsections (1) and (2); (b) Part 2 of Schedule A falls within the definition drug in section 2 and does not fall within any of the other definitions referred to in subsections (1) and (2); (c) Part 3 of Schedule A falls within the definition cosmetic in section 2 and does not fall within any of the other definitions referred to in subsections (1) and (2); and (d) Part 4 of Schedule A falls within the definition device in section 2 and does not fall within any of the other definitions referred to in subsections (1) and (2). Deletion from Schedule A (5) The Minister may, by order, delete the description of a thing or a class of things from Schedule A. Interpretation — definitions food , drug , cosmetic and device (6) For greater certainty, the definitions food , drug , cosmetic and device in section 2 are subject to subsection (4). 2019, c. 29, s. 164
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Prohibited advertising 3 (1) No person shall advertise any food, drug, cosmetic or device to the general public as a treatment, preventative or cure for any of the diseases, disorders or abnormal physical states referred to in Schedule A.1. Prohibited sales (2) No person shall sell any food, drug, cosmetic or device if (a) it is represented by label as a treatment, preventative or cure for any of the diseases, disorders or abnormal physical states referred to in Schedule A.1; or (b) the person advertises it to the general public as a treatment, preventative or cure for any of the diseases, disorders or abnormal physical states referred to in Schedule A.1. Unauthorized advertising of contraceptive device prohibited (3) Except as authorized by regulation, no person shall advertise to the general public any contraceptive device or any drug manufactured, sold or represented for use in the prevention of conception. R.S., 1985, c. F-27, s. 3; 1993, c. 34, s. 72(F) 2019, c. 29, s. 165
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 3.1
Prohibition — clinical trials 3.1 No person shall conduct a clinical trial in respect of a drug, device or prescribed food for a special dietary purpose unless the person holds an authorization issued under the regulations that authorizes the conduct of the clinical trial. 2019, c. 29, s. 166
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 3.2
Terms and conditions — clinical trial authorizations 3.2 The holder of an authorization referred to in section 3.1 shall comply with any terms and conditions of the authorization that are imposed by the Minister under regulations made under paragraph 30(1)(b.3). 2019, c. 29, s. 166
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 3.3
Duty to publicize clinical trial information 3.3 The holder of an authorization referred to in section 3.1 shall ensure that prescribed information concerning the clinical trial is made public within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner. 2019, c. 29, s. 166
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Prohibited sales of food 4 (1) No person shall sell an article of food that (a) has in or on it any poisonous or harmful substance; (b) is unfit for human consumption; (c) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased animal or vegetable substance; (d) is adulterated; or (e) was manufactured, prepared, preserved, packaged or stored under unsanitary conditions. Exemption (2) A food does not have a poisonous or harmful substance in or on it for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) — or is not adulterated for the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) — by reason only that it has in or on it a pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act , or any of its components or derivatives, if the amount of the pest control product or the components or derivatives in or on the food being sold does not exceed the maximum residue limit specified under section 9 or 10 of that Act. R.S., 1985, c. F-27, s. 4; 2005, c. 42, s. 1; 2012, c. 19, s. 412
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Deception, etc., regarding food 5 (1) No person shall label, package, treat, process, sell or advertise any food in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, merit or safety. Food labelled or packaged in contravention of regulations (2) An article of food that is not labelled or packaged as required by, or is labelled or packaged contrary to, the regulations shall be deemed to be labelled or packaged contrary to subsection (1). R.S., c. F-27, s. 5
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Importation and interprovincial movement of food 6 (1) Where a standard for a food has been prescribed, no person shall (a) import into Canada, (b) send, convey or receive for conveyance from one province to another, or (c) have in possession for the purpose of sending or conveying from one province to another any article that is intended for sale and that is likely to be mistaken for that food unless the article complies with the prescribed standard. Not applicable to carriers (2) Paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) do not apply to an operator of a conveyance that is used to carry an article or to a carrier of an article whose sole concern, in respect of the article, is the conveyance of the article unless the operator or carrier could, with reasonable diligence, have ascertained that the conveying or receiving for conveyance of the article or the possession of the article for the purpose of conveyance would be in contravention of subsection (1). Labelling, etc., of food that is imported or moved interprovincially (3) Where a standard for a food has been prescribed, no person shall label, package, sell or advertise any article that (a) has been imported into Canada, (b) has been sent or conveyed from one province to another, or (c) is intended to be sent or conveyed from one province to another in such a manner that it is likely to be mistaken for that food unless the article complies with the prescribed standard. R.S., 1985, c. F-27, s. 6; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
Food and Drugs Act — F-27 6.1
Governor in Council may identify standard or portion thereof 6.1 (1) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, identify a standard prescribed for a food, or any portion of the standard, as being necessary to prevent injury to the health of the consumer or purchaser of the food. Where standard or portion thereof is identified (2) Where a standard or any portion of a standard prescribed for a food is identified by the Governor in Council pursuant to subsection (1), no person shall label, package, sell or advertise any article in such a manner that it is likely to be mistaken for that food unless the article complies with the standard or portion of a standard so identified. R.S., 1985, c. 27 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
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Unsanitary manufacture, etc., of food 7 No person shall manufacture, prepare, preserve, package or store for sale any food under unsanitary conditions. R.S., c. F-27, s. 7
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Prohibited sales of drugs 8 No person shall sell any drug that (a) was manufactured, prepared, preserved, packaged or stored under unsanitary conditions; or (b) is adulterated. R.S., c. F-27, s. 8
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Deception, etc., regarding drugs 9 (1) No person shall label, package, treat, process, sell or advertise any drug in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, merit or safety. Drugs labelled or packaged in contravention of regulations (2) A drug that is not labelled or packaged as required by, or is labelled or packaged contrary to, the regulations shall be deemed to be labelled or packaged contrary to subsection (1). R.S., c. F-27, s. 9