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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 307
Optional grading 307 The following foods for which grades are prescribed by these Regulations, if they are graded and sent or conveyed from one province to another, or imported or exported, must meet the requirements that are set out in the Compendium, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document or the Grades Document in respect of the applicable grade of that food and must be labelled, in accordance with the Compendium, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document or the Grades Document, with the applicable grade name that is set out in the Compendium, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document or the Grades Document: (a) a food referred to in paragraphs 306 (2)(a), (c) and (d); (b) a dairy product, except for a dairy product that is exported; (c) a bison carcass, ovine carcass or veal carcass; and (d) a poultry carcass that is dressed or partially dressed. SOR/2025-192, s. 17
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 308
Authorized application or use 308 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a licence holder is authorized to apply a grade name to, and use a grade name in connection with, a food that is identified in their licence if (a) the food meets the requirements of paragraphs 8 (1)(a) to (d); (b) the food meets the requirements that are set out in the Compendium, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document or the Grades Document in respect of the applicable grade of that food; (c) the food complies with any standards that are set out in the Standards of Identity Document; (d) in the case of a dairy product, an egg, fish, a processed fruit or vegetable product, honey or maple syrup, the food has been graded by a licence holder; (e) in the case of a livestock carcass or poultry carcass that is dressed or partially dressed, the food has been graded by a grader; and (f) the food is packaged and labelled in accordance with these Regulations. Livestock carcass or poultry carcass (2) In the case of a livestock carcass or a poultry carcass that is dressed or partially dressed, only the persons who are referred to in the Compendium or the Grades Document are authorized, under the circumstances set out in the Compendium or the Grades Document, to apply a grade name to, or use a grade name in connection with, a food in accordance with this Part. SOR/2025-192, s. 18
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 309
Imported foods — no prescribed grade name 309 A food that is imported and in respect of which no grade name is prescribed by these Regulations may be labelled with the grade designation that is established by the foreign state of origin if (a) the food meets the requirements for the grade designation that are established by that foreign state; (b) the food is labelled in accordance with these Regulations; and (c) the name of that foreign state of origin is clearly indicated on the label.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 310
Authorized reproduction 310 The following persons are authorized to reproduce a grade name: (a) printers of labels or manufacturers of packages, if the labels or packages that bear the grade name are provided to a person who is authorized to apply or use the grade name under section 308 ; (b) publishers of documents on the subject of a food that is graded; (c) publishers of documents that advertise a food that is graded; and (d) manufacturers of grade stamp applicators or grade rollers, if the grade stamps applicators or grade rollers are provided to a grader.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 311
Advertising or sale 311 Any person is authorized to use a grade name in the advertising or sale of a food if the food is labelled with the grade name in accordance with these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 312
Labelling of grade name — consumer prepackaged food 312 (1) In the case of a consumer prepackaged food, the grade name must be shown (a) on the principal display panel or in the manner set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document; and (b) in characters of the height that is required by another provision in this Division or, if there is no such provision, in characters of at least the minimum character height that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 for the area of a principal display surface that is set out in column 1. Fresh fruits or vegetables (2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), in the case of consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, the grade name must be shown in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height. SOR/2025-192, s. 19
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 313
Illustration of grade name 313 A grade name that is applied to a beef carcass, bison carcass, ovine carcass, veal carcass, poultry carcass that is dressed or partially dressed, dairy product or egg must be shown as illustrated in the Compendium or the Grades Document.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 314
Grade name — prepackaged eggs 314 (1) The grade name on prepackaged eggs must be shown (a) in the case of a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton, on the top of the tray or egg carton; and (b) in the case of a container, other than a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton, in a central location on the container, except the top or the bottom. Exception — paragraph (1)(a) (2) The grade name is not required to be shown on trays with an overwrap or on egg cartons that are packaged inside of a second container if the grade name is shown on the second container and the second container is sent or conveyed to an establishment where eggs are graded, packaged and labelled by a licence holder. Exception — paragraph (1)(b) (3) If consumer prepackaged eggs in a container other than a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton are packaged inside of a second container, the grade name is not required to be shown on the second container if the grade name is easily visible and legible without opening the second container and the grade name is not obscured by the second container. SOR/2022-144, s. 52(E)
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 315
Type size 315 The grade name on prepackaged eggs must be shown in characters that are at least the following height: (a) in the case of a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton of eggs graded Canada A or Canada B, 1.5 mm for the word “Canada” and 3 mm for “A” or “B”; (b) in the case of a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton of eggs graded Canada C or Canada Nest Run, 1.5 mm; (c) in the case of a container, other than a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton, that contains eggs graded Canada A or Canada B, 6 mm for the word “Canada” and 13 mm for “A” or “B”; and (d) in the case of a container, other than a tray with an overwrap or an egg carton, that contains eggs graded Canada C or Canada Nest Run, 13 mm.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 316
Eggs — Canada A 316 Eggs that are graded Canada A must be labelled with any applicable size designation that is set out in the Compendium. The size designation must be shown on the container in close proximity to the grade name.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 317
Prepackaged fish 317 Prepackaged fish that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported must be labelled with any applicable class and size designation that is set out in the Compendium. The class name or size designation must be shown in close proximity to the grade name and in characters that are at least 3.2 mm in height.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 318
Second container 318 If consumer prepackaged fish that is labelled in accordance with these Regulations is placed inside of a second container and the resulting product is consumer prepackaged fish, the second container is not required to be labelled with the grade name.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 319
Type size 319 The grade name of prepackaged fish must be shown in characters that are at least 3.2 mm in height if the declaration of net quantity is 900 g or less.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 320
Grade name — prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables 320 (1) The grade name of prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, other than consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, must be shown (a) on any surface of the container, except the bottom; and (b) in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height. (2) [Repealed, SOR/2025-192, s. 20] Exception — second container (3) If prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables that are labelled in accordance with these Regulations are placed inside of a second container and the resulting product is prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, other than consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, the second container is not required to be labelled with the grade name if the grade name is easily visible and legible without having to open the second container and the grade name is not obscured by the second container. SOR/2022-144, s. 53(E) SOR/2025-192, s. 20
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 321
Size designation 321 Fresh fruits or vegetables that are sent or conveyed from one province to another or imported may be labelled with the applicable size designation, if any, that is set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document. Any size designation on the label must be shown in close proximity to the grade name and in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height. SOR/2025-192, s. 21
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 322
Size designation 322 (1) A processed fruit or vegetable product that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported must be labelled with any applicable size designation that is set out in the Compendium. The size designation must be shown in close proximity to the grade name in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height. Exception (2) Despite subsection (1), green or wax beans, peas, lima beans, asparagus tips or spears, whole white potatoes, whole carrots or cut carrots-whole style that are in a hermetically sealed package and have not been size graded or that are not all of the same size may be labelled, as the case may be, with the expression (a) “Ungraded as to Size” or “ non calibré ”; or (b) “Assorted Sizes” or “ grosseurs assorties ” or “Mixed Sizes” or “ grosseurs mixtes ”.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 323
Grade name — prepackaged honey 323 The grade name of prepackaged honey, other than consumer prepackaged honey, must be shown (a) on at least one side or one end of the container; and (b) in characters that are at least 9.5 mm in height.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 324
Colour class 324 Honey that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported must be labelled with any applicable colour class that is set out in the Compendium. The colour class must be shown on the container, in close proximity to the grade name, (a) in the case of consumer prepackaged honey, in characters that are of at least the minimum character height that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 for the area of a principal display surface that is set out in column 1; or (b) in the case of prepackaged honey other than consumer prepackaged honey, in the manner set out in paragraphs 323(a) and (b). SOR/2022-144, s. 54(E)
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 325
Colour class 325 Maple syrup that is graded Canada Grade A and is sent or conveyed from one province to another or exported, or that is graded Grade A and is imported, must be labelled with the applicable colour class that is set out in the Compendium. The colour class must be shown on the container in characters of at least the minimum character height that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 for the area of a principal display surface that is set out in column 1.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 326
Prepackaged cut of beef 326 A grade name that is applied to a prepackaged primal cut or sub-primal cut of a beef carcass must correspond to the grade of the beef carcass from which it is cut.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 327
Beef — Canada AAA 327 A cut from a beef carcass that is graded Canada AAA and that is exported in a container may be labelled with the expression “Canada Choice” or “ Choix Canada ” instead of the grade name.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 328
Livestock carcass — removal of marking 328 (1) A grade stamp, roller brand or yield stamp must not be removed from a livestock carcass or a primal cut of a livestock carcass unless the removal is at the direction of and under the supervision of a grader or the livestock carcass or primal cut is being trimmed for further processing. Removal of marked fat (2) If fat that is marked with a grade stamp, roller brand or yield stamp is removed from a livestock carcass or a primal cut, the fat must be disposed of under a grader’s supervision unless the fat is (a) reapplied to the same livestock carcass or primal cut from which it was removed; or (b) applied, under a grader’s supervision, to another livestock carcass or primal cut that bears the same grade stamp, roller brand or yield stamp. Beef carcass — rib (3) If the carcass referred to in paragraph (2)(b) is a beef carcass that is graded Canada A, Canada AA, Canada AAA or Canada Prime, the fat must be applied to the rib of the carcass.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 329
Livestock carcass — additional marks 329 A livestock carcass or primal cut of a livestock carcass that is marked with a grade stamp, roller brand or yield stamp may bear another mark only if (a) the mark is shown no more than once on the livestock carcass or once on each primal cut; (b) the mark is shown alone or in combination with a date; (c) the size in height and width of the mark or, if a date is shown, of the mark and date in combination does not exceed 76 mm; and (d) the mark and any date do not touch the grade stamp, the roller brand or the yield stamp.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 330
Grade name — poultry carcass 330 (1) The grade name of a poultry carcass must be shown (a) in the case of a poultry carcass that is individually packaged, on the part of the package that lies on or over the anterior centre of the breast of the poultry; and (b) in the case of a poultry carcass that is not individually packaged, on a tag that is attached to the V of the wishbone of the carcass. Type size (2) The grade name of a poultry carcass must be shown in characters that are (a) in the case of poultry carcass that is not individually packaged or is in a container labelled “not for further processing” or « aucune transformation ultérieure » and individually wrapped, at least 1.5 mm in height; (b) in the case of a consumer prepackaged poultry carcass graded Canada A or Canada C that has a net weight of 1 kg or less, at least 3 mm in height; (c) in the case of a consumer prepackaged poultry carcass graded Canada A or Canada C that has a net weight of more than 1 kg but not more than 5 kg, at least 6 mm in height; (d) in the case of a consumer prepackaged poultry carcass graded Canada A or Canada C that has a net weight of more than 5 kg, at least 9 mm in height; (e) in the case of a consumer prepackaged poultry carcass graded Canada Utility that has a net weight of 5 kg or less, at least 3 mm in height; (f) in the case of a consumer prepackaged poultry carcass graded Canada Utility that has a net weight of more than 5 kg, at least 5 mm in height; and (g) in the case of a prepackaged poultry carcass, other than a consumer prepackaged poultry carcass, at least 6 mm in height.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 331
Packaging in same container 331 Only graded poultry carcasses that are dressed or partially dressed and that have the same common name may be packaged in the same container.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 332
Conditions for grading 332 (1) A licence holder may grade an egg only if the egg (a) is edible; (b) does not emit an abnormal odour; (c) is not mouldy; (d) has not been in an incubator; (e) does not have any internal defect; and (f) is of a usual colour. Exception (2) Despite paragraph (1)(e), a licence holder may grade and apply the grade name Canada C to an egg that has a particle of the oviduct or a blood spot neither of which exceeds 3 mm in diameter.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 333
Ungraded eggs 333 (1) Ungraded eggs that are received at an establishment where eggs are graded by a licence holder must be graded and labelled with the applicable grade name that is set out in the Compendium or, if they do not meet the requirements in respect of any grade that are set out in these Regulations, they must be rejected. Rejected eggs (2) Eggs that are rejected must be destroyed or be placed in a container that is labelled with the words “Rejects” and “ rejetés ”.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 334
Request for grading 334 A grader may grade a livestock carcass in an establishment that is identified in a licence or in a provincial establishment if one of the following persons has requested in writing that the carcass be graded: (a) any person who is in authority in the establishment; (b) any producer; or (c) the person who is in possession of the livestock carcass.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 335
Conditions for grading 335 A grader may grade a livestock carcass if (a) the carcass bears a meat inspection stamp or, in the case of an imported beef carcass, the official inspection mark of the foreign state of origin; (b) the grading takes place (i) in the case of a bison carcass or ovine carcass, in the establishment that is identified in a licence, or the provincial establishment, where the animal was slaughtered, (ii) in the case of a veal carcass, in the establishment that is identified in a licence, or the provincial establishment, where the animal was slaughtered or where the carcass was divided into primal cuts or sub-primal cuts, or (iii) in the case of a beef carcass, in the establishment that is identified in a licence, or the provincial establishment, where the animal was slaughtered or in the establishment that is identified in a licence where the carcass was divided into primal cuts or sub-primal cuts; (c) the carcass has been weighed by a weighmaster using a scale that is approved under section 3 of the Weights and Measures Act ; (d) the carcass is presented for grading (i) at a grading stand where the lighting intensity, measured at the level of the grading stand, is at least 1 000 lx, or (ii) in a cooler where the lighting intensity, measured at the loin level of the carcass, is at least 200 lx; (e) at least 10 minutes before grading, (i) in the case of a beef carcass or bison carcass, an employee of the establishment performs, to the satisfaction of the grader, a knife-rib on the carcass, or (ii) in the case of a veal carcass, an employee of the establishment performs, to the satisfaction of the grader, a cut on the lean of the brisket to enable the grader to determine the colour reading of the veal carcass; (f) the establishment has adequate equipment and facilities for weighing and grading livestock carcasses; and (g) the grading equipment is functioning properly and is accurate.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 336
Adequate facilities 336 (1) If more than 400 livestock carcasses are graded per hour in an establishment that is identified in a licence or in a provincial establishment, more than one grading stand is required for the purposes of paragraph 335 (f). Grading stand — requirements (2) For the purposes of paragraph 335 (f), a grading stand must be easily adjustable for height and must (a) if the rate of grading is 150 carcasses per hour or less, be at least 3 m long and 2 m wide; (b) if the rate of grading is more than 150 carcasses per hour but not more than 300 carcasses per hour, be at least 4 m long and 2 m wide; and (c) if the rate of grading is more than 300 carcasses per hour, be at least 5 m long and 2 m wide.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 337
Weighing before trimming 337 A livestock carcass that is graded must be weighed before it is trimmed, unless an inspector or grader directs that it be trimmed before it is weighed.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 338
Conditions for grading — dressed carcass 338 (1) A grader may grade a poultry carcass that has been dressed if (a) the carcass is from poultry slaughtered in an establishment that is identified in a licence or in a provincial establishment; (b) the carcass has been inspected under the Act or under an Act of a province that regulates the inspection of poultry carcasses; (c) in the case of a chilled poultry carcass, the flesh or skin is not dried out; (d) the carcass is not discoloured from insufficient bleeding; (e) the carcass has no more than one heart, liver, gizzard and neck packed with it or inserted into it; (f) in the case of a poultry carcass that weighs more than 900 g, the breast bone is intact; and (g) the carcass has not been basted or stuffed. Conditions for grading — partially dressed carcass (2) A grader may grade a poultry carcass that has been partially dressed if (a) the carcass meets the requirements that are set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (g); (b) the carcass has been eviscerated; (c) the epidermis has been removed from the feet and shanks; (d) the claws have been removed; (e) the head, if present, is wrapped; and (f) the beak, if present, is clean. Grading in an establishment (3) A poultry carcass must not be graded in any place other than in an establishment that is identified in a licence or in a provincial establishment.