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[SBC 2016] CHAPTER	1
Assented to March 10, 2016
Part 2 — Programs and Protected Labels
3 Programs and protected labels
4 Administration of certification programs
5 Duties if program applies
6 Prohibitions if grading program applies
7 Prohibitions if standards program applies
8 Prohibitions if certification program applies
9 Prohibitions with respect to protected labels
10 Misrepresentation prohibited
11 Prohibitions if graded, examined, inspected or audited
12 When inspections may be made
13 Inspection powers
14 Entering to inspect
15 Orders that may be made
16 If examination required under regulations
17 Contents of orders
18 Service of orders
19 Variation and reassessment of orders
20 Reconsideration of orders
22 Duty to comply with orders
23 If order or notice posted
25 Injunctions
26 Peace officer assistance
Part 4 — Ministerial Powers
27 Inspectors and reviewing officers
28 Powers respecting inspectors
29 Powers respecting administrators
30 Audit of certification programs
31 Power to enter into agreements
32 Power to collect or disclose information
33 Power to delegate
34 General administrative powers
35 Exemption power
Part 5 — Contraventions
36 Documentary and certificate evidence
37 Inspector may seize offence-related things
38 Costs of seizure
39 Imposing administrative penalties
40 Operator not to be subject to both administrative penalty and offence
41 Recovery of administrative penalties
43 Other matters respecting offences
44 Offence by corporation or employee
46 Sentencing
47 Regulations respecting programs
48 Regulations respecting duties and prohibitions
49 Regulations respecting enforcement
50 Regulations respecting administrative penalties
51 Other regulation-making powers
52 General powers respecting regulations
Part 7 — Transitional Provision, Repeals and Consequential and Related Amendments
53 Transition
55-59 Consequential and Related Amendments
"administrator" means a person authorized under section 4 [administration of certification programs] to administer a certification program;
"agricultural product" means a product that
(a) is derived from an animal, plant or fungus, or from a prescribed thing, and
(b) is not intended for human consumption;
"auditor" means a person appointed under section 30 [audit of certification programs] to audit a certification program;
"certification program" means a certification program referred to in section 3 (c) [programs and protected labels];
"container" means any form of container or packaging used in relation to food or an agricultural product;
"distribute" includes to provide or offer to provide food or an agricultural product to a person, whether directly or indirectly and with or without a fee;
"facility" means either of the following:
(a) a place or vehicle where food or an agricultural product is possessed, reared, grown, harvested, processed, stored, transported, distributed or marketed;
(b) a place that is
(i) subject to the Canada Agricultural Products Act, and
(ii) designated by the minister as a facility for the purposes of this Act;
"food" includes anything intended to be used as food or drink for human consumption, including
(a) substances manufactured, sold or represented for use as food or drink for human consumption, and
(b) substances or ingredients, of any kind, to be mixed with food or drink for human consumption;
"grading program" means a grading program referred to in section 3 (a);
"inspector" means a person designated as an inspector under section 27 [inspectors and reviewing officers];
"mark" means a label or written notation indicating the grade of the food to which the label or notation is attached;
"market" includes
(a) to describe, identify and advertise, and
(b) to display to the public;
"operator" means a person who owns, manages or leases a facility;
"process" includes the following:
(a) to preserve, by any method, food or an agricultural product for future use;
(b) to prepare, by any method, food or an agricultural product for use;
(c) to hold or maintain a live animal until the animal is killed, and preserved or prepared;
(d) to kill an animal held under paragraph (c);
(e) to manufacture a product derived, in whole or in part, from food or an agricultural product;
(f) to put food or an agricultural product into a container;
(g) to attach a label to food or an agricultural product;
"protected label" means a protected label referred to in section 3 (d);
"reviewing officer" means a person designated as a reviewing officer under section 27;
"standards program" means a standards program referred to in section 3 (b);
(a) any means of transport, whether by land, water or air, and
(b) trailers and cargo crates.
(2) A reference to the attachment of a mark or label to food or an agricultural product is deemed to include the attachment of a mark or label to, and the inclusion of a mark or label in, a container that holds or is intended to hold food or an agricultural product.
2	This Act applies to food and agricultural products
(a) that a person
(i) possesses, rears, grows, harvests, processes, transports or stores in British Columbia for the purpose of distributing or marketing to other persons, or
(ii) distributes or markets in British Columbia, and
(b) in respect of which a grading program, a standards program, a certification program or a protected label is established or adopted under this Act.
Programs and protected labels
3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may establish or adopt one or more of the following in accordance with the regulations:
(a) a grading program under which operators must have prescribed types of food graded, and a mark attached to the food, based on one or both of the following:
(i) prescribed objective characteristics;
(ii) assessments, in accordance with the regulations, of relative quality;
(b) a standards program under which prescribed types of food must meet prescribed requirements;
(c) a certification program under which operators may choose to
(i) be certified as meeting prescribed production standards, or
(ii) have prescribed types of food or agricultural products certified as meeting prescribed quality or production standards;
(d) a protected label, the use of which is restricted or prohibited unless a person meets the requirements of, or is permitted by, the regulations.
Administration of certification programs
4 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may authorize, by regulation, one or more persons to administer a certification program, including to do one or more of the following:
(a) issue, attach conditions to, amend, renew, suspend or cancel an operator's certification;
(b) decide appeals from a decision made under paragraph (a);
(c) determine whether quality and production standards prescribed for the purposes of the certification program have been and continue to be met;
(d) collect and retain fees for the purposes of
(i) recovering the costs of administration,
(ii) developing quality and production standards,
(iii) educating operators and the public with respect to the certification program, and
(iv) a prescribed purpose.
(2) An administrator must do at least the following:
(a) comply with the directions of the minister, if any, given under section 29 [powers respecting administrators];
(b) appoint an individual responsible for the day-to-day operations of the certification program;
(c) ensure that officers, directors and employees of the administrator, including persons offering services on contract, are not subject to a conflict of interest;
(d) maintain a register containing the name of every certified operator and make this information available to the public by
(i) making the register available for public inspection during normal business hours, and
(ii) answering inquiries from the public respecting the register;
(e) provide to the minister,
(i) at least annually,
(A) a report on the administrator's exercise of powers and performance of duties under this Act for the past year,
(B) a financial report, and
(C) a list of current officers, directors, committees and committee members, and
(ii) on request of the minister, a report on information respecting the matters the minister requires;
(f) allow an auditor to inspect the administrator's records and audit the administrator's practices;
(g) pay costs, in accordance with the regulations, for audits of the certification program for which the administrator is responsible;
(h) monitor the use of protected labels by operators who are subject to the certification program for which the administrator is responsible;
(i) perform other prescribed duties.
(3) If authorized by the regulations, an administrator may delegate to one or more persons or bodies one or more of the functions, duties or powers described in this section.
Duties if program applies
5 (1) An operator of a facility that processes a type of food or agricultural product that is subject to a grading program, a standards program or a certification program must do all of the following:
(a) comply with the directions and orders of an inspector made during the course of an inspection;
(b) on request of an inspector,
(i) make available for examination all food and agricultural products in the person's possession or control, and
(ii) test or cause to be tested food or agricultural products, or samples of them, in the person's possession or control;
(c) keep, in accordance with the regulations, prescribed records for at least 5 years;
(d) produce the records required under paragraph (c) to an inspector or the minister, on request and within the time requested;
(e) make reports and provide information as required by the regulations;
(f) comply with this Act and the regulations made under it.
(2) On receiving a report under this section, the minister may order the person making the report to take one or more prescribed actions.
(3) Division 2 [Making and Reviewing Orders] of Part 3 and section 22 [duty to comply with orders] apply to an order made under subsection (2) of this section as if it were an order made under that Part.
Prohibitions if grading program applies
6 If a grading program has been established or adopted under the regulations in relation to a type of food, a person must not do any of the following in respect of that type of food:
(a) except as permitted under the regulations, transport or distribute in British Columbia food that
(i) has not been graded in accordance with the regulations, or
(ii) does not have attached to it a mark as required by the regulations;
(b) market food as having been graded unless the food has been graded in accordance with the regulations;
(c) market food as having a particular grade, or attach a mark to food that indicates a particular grade, if the food does not have the characteristics, does not meet the requirements or is otherwise below the standard prescribed for that grade;
(d) possess food held in a container that previously held food and continues to have attached to or included in it all or part of a mark that applied to the previously held food.
Prohibitions if standards program applies
7 If a standards program has been established or adopted under the regulations in relation to a type of food, a person must not do any of the following in respect of that type of food:
(a) transport or distribute in British Columbia food that does not meet or has not been produced in accordance with the prescribed standards;
(b) market food as meeting or as having been produced in accordance with the prescribed standards if the food does not meet or was not produced in accordance with those standards.
Prohibitions if certification program applies
8 If a certification program has been established or adopted under the regulations in respect of a type of food or agricultural product, a person must not do either of the following:
(a) hold himself or herself out as being certified under the certification program unless
(i) the person is certified in accordance with the regulations, and
(ii) the person's certification is not suspended;
(b) market food or an agricultural product of that type as being certified as meeting the quality or production standards of the certification program unless
(i) the food or the operator, as applicable, is certified in accordance with the regulations, and
(ii) the operator's certification, if applicable, is not suspended.
Prohibitions with respect to protected labels
9 If a protected label has been established or adopted under the regulations, a person must not do any of the following except as permitted by the regulations:
(a) attach a protected label to food or an agricultural product;
(b) attach a protected label to or include a protected label in a record purporting to apply to food or an agricultural product;
(c) use a protected label in connection with the marketing of food or an agricultural product.
10 A person must not do any of the following:
(a) misrepresent the origin of food or an agricultural product;
(b) misrepresent the characteristics or associated production practices of food or an agricultural product;
(c) attach a false or misleading statement or device to food or an agricultural product;
(d) attach a false or misleading statement or device to, or include a false or misleading statement or device in,
(i) a container, or
(ii) a record purporting to apply to food or an agricultural product.
Prohibitions if graded, examined, inspected or audited
11 Except as permitted by the regulations, a person must not remove, deface or alter
(a) a mark or label attached to food or an agricultural product by an inspector or by another person authorized, under the regulations, to attach a mark or label to food or an agricultural product,
(b) a label attached to food or an agricultural product that has been examined by an inspector or auditor, or
(c) a record, made by an inspector or auditor, with respect to the results of an examination, inspection or audit conducted under this Act.
12 (1) Inspections under this section are subject to the limits set out in section 14 [entering to inspect].
(2) An inspector may stop a vehicle, and enter and inspect a vehicle or place, if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) the inspector reasonably believes that the vehicle or place is
(i) a facility, or
(ii) the subject of an order made under this Act;
(i) a purpose listed in section 16 (1) [if examination required under regulations],
(ii) to monitor or confirm compliance with this Act or the order,
(iii) to take measures to stop or prevent a contravention of this Act,
(iv) to determine whether an order should be varied or terminated, or
(v) a prescribed purpose.
13 (1) An inspector may do one or more of the following for the purpose of an inspection:
(a) pass through a place to reach the vehicle or place that is to be the subject of the inspection;
(d) inspect, copy or remove relevant records or things, and, for this purpose, open any container;
(f) require a person to stop doing an activity;
(h) conduct analyses, including removing food or agricultural products, or samples of them, from a container or facility for the purpose of having another person conduct analyses;
(j) require that food or agricultural products not be moved or be moved only in accordance with the directions of the inspector;
(k) attach a mark or label to food or an agricultural product;
(ii) if a proceeding is taken under this or any other enactment as a result of an inspection and the records or things are relevant to the proceeding, in accordance with an order of a court, or, if no order is made, no later than 90 days after the conclusion of the proceeding.
(4) An inspector must, on request, produce, to a person subject to an inspection, identification as described under section 28 (4) [powers respecting inspectors].
14	(1) An inspector may conduct an inspection at any reasonable hour.
15 An inspector may order a person to do one or more of the following:
(a) give to the inspector information, records, samples or other things relevant to the purpose of the inspection;
(b) keep food, agricultural products or vehicles in a specified place;
(c) not deal with or dispose of food or agricultural products, or do so only in accordance with the directions of the inspector;
(d) attach a label to, or remove a label from, food, agricultural products or things;
(e) require that a mark or label be attached to or removed from food, agricultural products or things, or be replaced by a different mark or label;
(f) make or keep a specified record, and provide a specified record within a specified time and in a specified manner;
(g) stop doing an activity that is in contravention of this Act;
(h) take specified measures to
(i) prevent a contravention of this Act, or
(ii) bring the person into compliance with this Act;
If examination required under regulations
16 (1) This section applies if an inspector is required under the regulations, or is requested by an operator, to examine
(a) food for the purpose of having the food graded and a mark attached to the food in accordance with a grading program,
(b) food, a facility or production practices for the purpose of determining whether the operator is complying with a standards program, or
(c) food to which a protected label is attached.
(2) An inspector may refuse to examine food or agricultural products found in a place that the inspector considers unsanitary or unsuitable for the purpose of carrying out the activities referred to in subsection (1).
(3) The operator must pay, in accordance with the regulations, the prescribed fee for each of the following, as applicable:
(b) the costs of analyses, if food or agricultural products, or samples of them, are submitted to a laboratory or a person with special expertise for conducting analyses.
17 (1) An order made under this Part must be made in writing and describe all of the following:
18 An order made under this Part must be served in accordance with the regulations.
19 (1) A person who makes an order under this Part may vary or terminate the order, at any time, on the person's own initiative.
(2) Subject to the regulations, a person subject to an order made under this Part may request the person who made the order to
20 (1) A person subject to an order made under this Part may request the person who made the order to reconsider the order if
(b) delay the date the order is to take effect or suspend the order, if satisfied that the delay or suspension would not be contrary to the public interest;
(6) If a person is unable or unavailable to reconsider an order the person made, a person the minister designates may act under this section in respect of the order as if the designated person had made the order.
21 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person subject to an order made under this Part may request a reviewing officer to review the order by submitting a request and the prescribed fee to the reviewing officer.
(a) the order was made, if reconsideration is not available under section 20 (1) [reconsideration of orders], or
(b) an action was taken under section 20 (2).
(a) delay the date the order is to take effect or suspend the order, if satisfied that the delay or suspension would not be contrary to the public interest;
22 A person subject to an order made under this Part must comply with the order.
If order or notice posted
23 If an inspector or a person acting under the direction of an inspector posts an order or notice under this Act, a person other than an inspector or a person acting under the direction of an inspector must not remove, deface or alter the posted order or notice.
24 (1) Without notice to any person, an inspector may apply, in the manner set out in the regulations, to a justice of the peace for a warrant under this section.
(2) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant, in the prescribed form, authorizing an inspector, or a person acting on behalf of an inspector, to enter and search a place, including a private dwelling, and take any necessary action if satisfied by evidence on oath or affirmation that doing so is necessary for the purpose of
25	(1) Without notice to any person, an inspector may apply, in the manner set out in the regulations, to a judge of the Supreme Court for an injunction or an order under this section.
26 (1) An inspector may call on the assistance of a peace officer for the purpose of taking an action authorized under this or any other enactment, including, without limitation, for either of the following purposes:
(a) carrying out an inspection or making or enforcing an order;
Inspectors and reviewing officers
27 (1) The minister may designate, by order, the following persons as inspectors:
(a) employees of a ministry of the government;
(b) employees of the government of Canada having duties under an enactment of Canada related to the grading or inspection of food or agricultural products;
(c) employees of a public body having duties under an enactment of British Columbia or Canada related to the grading or inspection of food or agricultural products;
(d) an individual or employees of a person if the minister is satisfied that
(i) the individual or person is accredited for the purpose of grading or inspecting food or agricultural products, or the employees to be designated have sufficient training and experience to carry out the powers and duties of an inspector, and
(ii) the individual or the employees to be designated will carry out powers and duties under this Act in an independent and impartial manner.
(2) The minister may designate, by order, employees of a ministry of the government as reviewing officers.
(3) The minister may do one or both of the following in an order made under subsection (1) or (2):
(a) name a specific person as an inspector or a reviewing officer;
(b) provide that a person who holds a specified title or position is an inspector or a reviewing officer.
(4) The minister may limit, by order, the powers and duties of an inspector or a reviewing officer, or a class of inspectors or reviewing officers, including to one or both of the following:
(b) a class of food, agricultural products, operators or facilities.
28 (1) The minister may do, by order, one or both of the following:
(a) establish training and qualifications for inspectors, including requiring that inspectors participate in ongoing training;
(b) establish standards of practice for inspectors, and issue instructions to inspectors, in relation to the exercise of their powers and the performance of their duties under this Act.
(2) An inspector must comply with all applicable standards established, and instructions issued, under subsection (1).
(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), those subsections do not apply to inspectors who are employees of the government of Canada or of a public body having duties under an enactment of Canada.
(4) The minister may give to inspectors identification for use in exercising powers and performing duties under this Act.
Powers respecting administrators
29 (1) Subject to the regulations, the minister may give, by order, directions, in respect of an administrator or a class of administrators, for the following:
(a) the exercise of powers and the performance of duties by administrators, including limits and conditions on the exercise of those powers and duties;
(b) the avoidance of conflicts of interest, including with respect to what constitutes a conflict of interest;
(c) the constitution of panels and rules with respect to quorum;
(d) the practices and procedures to be followed by administrators and panels in exercising their powers and duties;
(e) the criteria that administrators must consider when making decisions with respect to certification and appeals;
(f) any other matter as authorized under the regulations.
(2) On receiving a report under section 4 (2) (e) [administration of certification programs] from an administrator, the minister may do one or both of the following:
(a) order the person making the report to take one or more actions;
(b) give a copy of the report to an auditor.
(3) Division 2 [Making and Reviewing Orders] of Part 3 and section 22 [duty to comply with orders] apply to an order made under subsection (2) (a) of this section as if it were an order made under that Part.
(4) An administrator that is incorporated or registered as a society must not change its bylaws without first obtaining the minister's approval.
(5) If a person ceases to be an administrator, the person must immediately deliver to the minister all records, in that person's possession or control, with respect to the certification program for which the administrator was responsible.
Audit of certification programs
30 (1) The minister may appoint, by order, one or more persons to audit certification programs.
(2) Subject to the regulations, the minister may do one or more of the following in an order made under subsection (1):
(a) specify the powers and duties of auditors and set limits and conditions on the exercise of those powers and duties;
(b) establish practices and procedures to be followed by auditors in exercising their powers and duties, including with respect to the frequency and nature of audits;
(c) provide for the recovery, from administrators, of the costs of audits;
(d) provide for any other matter as authorized under the regulations.
(3) The minister may authorize an auditor to exercise, with or without limits or conditions, one or more powers of an inspector under this Act for the purpose of conducting an audit.
(4) In any provision of this Act or the regulations identified by the minister for the purposes of subsection (3), a reference to an inspector is deemed to include a reference to an auditor.
31 The minister may enter into agreements with any person, including the government of another jurisdiction, for one or both of the following purposes:
(a) to administer this Act, a grading program or a certification program;
(b) to exchange information, including personal information, for a purpose set out in section 32 (1) (a) or (b) [power to collect or disclose information].
32 (1) The minister may collect or disclose information under this Act for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to administer this Act, a grading program, a standards program or a certification program;
(b) to administer or to assist with the administration of an enactment or a government program, of Canada or any jurisdiction in Canada, that has as one of its purposes
(i) the classification of food or agricultural products, or
(ii) the setting of standards in relation to the quality or production of food or agricultural products;
(c) to disclose prescribed information in respect of an order made under this Act;
(d) to publish or disclose statistical information, in relation to food or agricultural products, for economic, educational, scientific or research purposes;
(e) to publish or disclose information if, in the opinion of the minister, it would be in the public interest to publish or disclose that information.
(2) For greater certainty, information that may be collected or disclosed under subsection (1) (a) to (c) and (e) includes personal information.
33 (1) The minister may delegate, in writing, to a person or class of persons any of the minister's powers or duties under the following provisions:
(a) sections 5 (1) (d) and (2) [duties if program applies] and 29 (2) [powers respecting reports];
(b) section 32 [power to collect or disclose information].
34 (1) The minister may make, by order, forms and proof of certification for the purposes of this Act and the regulations made under it, other than a form for the purposes of section 41 (3) [recovery of administrative penalties].
(3) The minister may specify, by order, the manner in which requests or reports may be made, or information must be given, under this Act.
(4) A record or report made under this Act must include all information the minister requires.
35 The minister may exempt, by order, a person or facility from one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations and, for this purpose, may
(a) make the exemption subject to limits or conditions, or
(b) substitute a different requirement than one imposed under this Act.
36 (1) A copy of a document issued under this Act by an inspector, an administrator or an auditor, and certified by the inspector, administrator or auditor as a true copy, is
(b) evidence that the inspector, administrator or auditor was authorized to issue the document.
(2) Subsection (1) applies without proof of the person's signature, appointment or authorization.
37 (1) If, during an inspection under section 13 [inspection powers], an inspector reasonably believes that an offence under this Act has been committed, the inspector may seize anything that may constitute evidence of the offence.
(2) If food or an agricultural product is seized under subsection (1), the inspector may
(a) detain the food or agricultural product, and
(b) conduct analyses of the food or agricultural product or submit, for the conduct of analyses, the food or agricultural product, or samples of either, to a laboratory or a person with special, expert or professional knowledge.
(3) If an inspector is of the opinion that seized or detained food or a seized or detained agricultural product is not required for the purpose of a proceeding under this Act, the inspector must
(a) return the food or agricultural product to the person from whom it was seized, or
(b) dispose of or destroy the food or agricultural product, or order another person to dispose of or destroy the food or agricultural product, if return under paragraph (a) is not reasonably practical.
(4) An inspector must give written notice to a person from whom food or an agricultural product is seized before taking an action under subsection (2) (a) or (3) (b).
38 (1) This section applies to the seizure, and disposal or destruction, under section 37 [inspector may seize offence-related things] of food or agricultural products.
(2) A person from whom food or agricultural products are seized is responsible for all costs incurred under section 37 by an inspector, including costs to have another person take an action on behalf of the inspector.
39 (1) If authorized by regulation to impose an administrative penalty, the minister may impose an administrative penalty in the amount permitted by the regulations if satisfied on a balance of probabilities that a person has done either of the following:
(i) be sufficient to ensure that requirements or standards of quality and production with respect to food or agricultural products are met, and that the public is not misled with respect to whether those requirements or standards have been met, and
40 (1) A person who must pay an administrative penalty may not be convicted of an offence in respect of the same incident that gave rise to the administrative penalty.
(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under this Act, an administrative penalty may not be imposed on the person in respect of the same circumstances that gave rise to the conviction.
41 (1) An administrative penalty under this Act may be recovered as a debt due to the government.
42 (1) A person who contravenes any of the following provisions commits an offence:
(a) section 5 (1) (a) or (b) [failure to comply with direction, order or request];
(b) section 5 (1) (c) or (d) [failure to keep or produce records as required];
(c) section 5 (1) (e) [failure to make reports or provide information as required];
(d) section 5 (1) (f) [failure to comply with Act or regulations];
(e) section 6 [unlawful activity if grading program applies];
(f) section 7 [unlawful activity if standards program applies];
(g) section 8 [unlawful activity if certification program applies];
(h) section 9 [unlawful activity with respect to protected label];
(i) section 10 [unlawful misrepresentation or false or misleading statement];
(j) section 11 [unlawful removal, defacement or alteration of mark, label or record];
(k) section 22 [failure to comply with order];
(l) section 23 [unlawful removal, defacement or alteration of order or notice].
43 (1) A person who commits an offence under this Act may be liable for the offence, whether or not an order is made under this Act in respect of the matter that is the subject of the offence.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a document purporting to have been issued by the minister, certifying the date on which the minister became aware of the facts on which a proceeding is based,
44	(1) If a corporation commits an offence under this Act, an employee, officer, director or agent of the corporation who authorized, permitted or acquiesced in the offence commits the offence, whether or not the corporation is convicted.
(2) If an employee commits an offence under this Act, an employer who authorized, permitted or acquiesced in the offence commits the offence, whether or not the employee is identified or convicted.
45 (1) An individual who commits an offence under this Act is liable to the following:
(a) a fine of not more than $5 000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues;
(b) imprisonment for not more than 6 months;
(c) both the fine referred to in paragraph (a) and the imprisonment referred to in paragraph (b).
(2) A corporation that commits an offence under this Act is liable to a fine of not more than $20 000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.
46 (1) When sentencing a person convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may order the offender to pay compensation or make restitution to the government or a person for the actual loss or damage caused by or arising out of the commission of the offence, including, without limitation, compensation or restitution for any costs incurred in relation to
(a) any inspection or audit related to an investigation of the offence, and
(2) When sentencing a person convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may order that any food or agricultural product in relation to which the offence was committed is forfeited, without compensation to any person, to the government and may be disposed of or destroyed as the minister may direct.
(5) Nothing in this section precludes the government or a person from taking any civil action or exercising any right of recovery against a person who commits an offence under this Act.
Regulations respecting programs
47 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing things as agricultural products.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing or adopting grading programs, including making regulations respecting the following:
(a) the types of food to which a grading program applies;
(b) the names of grades and the marks associated with each grade;
(c) the objective characteristics that food must have to be assigned a particular grade;
(d) the factors that must be taken into consideration for the purpose of assessing the quality of food and the assignment of a particular grade;
(e) the process of grading food;
(f) the attachment of a mark to food;
(g) processes, equipment and qualifications for measuring weight, volume or other things;
(h) respecting the identification of persons who transport or distribute ungraded food;
(i) respecting the processing, storing, transporting, distributing, marketing or disposing of
(i) ungraded food, and
(ii) food that, on grading, is found to be unfit for human consumption.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing or adopting standards programs, including making regulations as follows:
(a) respecting the types of food to which a standards program applies;
(b) requiring operators to comply with requirements established under an enactment of Canada, whether or not the operator's food will be exported from British Columbia;
(c) requiring operators to comply with requirements that are more stringent than those established under an enactment of Canada, if an enactment of Canada applies to the operator's food.
(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing or adopting certification programs, including making regulations respecting the following:
(a) the types of food or agricultural products to which a certification program applies;
(b) quality standards of food or agricultural products, including but not limited to standards in relation to the following:
(i) colour, size, variety, grade, character, nature or origin;
(ii) chemical or physical composition or content;
(iv) insect, pest or disease status;
(v) genetic variations;
(vi) qualitative traits relating to human or animal health;
(vii) consumption;
(c) production standards in relation to possessing, rearing, growing, harvesting, processing, storing, transporting, distributing or marketing food or agricultural products;
(d) persons authorized to be administrators, and the powers and duties of administrators;
(e) eligibility for certification, including requiring membership in a trade or an operator certification agency;
(f) the issuance, amendment, renewal, suspension or cancellation of certification, the terms and conditions that must or may be attached to certification, and appeals from decisions respecting certification;
(g) the determination of whether prescribed quality or production standards have been met;
(h) the collection and retention of fees by administrators;
(i) the delegation, by administrators, to persons or bodies of one or more functions and duties of the administrator.
(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing or adopting protected labels, including making regulations as follows:
(a) designating a word, name, phrase, symbol, label or type of container as a protected label;
(b) respecting the information that a protected label is intended to convey with respect to food or agricultural products;
(c) respecting the attachment, inclusion or use of a protected label, including
(i) prescribing the requirements a person must meet to attach, include or use a protected label,
(ii) permitting the attachment, inclusion or use of a protected label with or without conditions, and
(iii) prescribing circumstances in which attaching, including or using a protected label is prohibited.
(6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the processing, storing, transporting, distributing or marketing of food or agricultural products to which a grading program, standards program or certification program applies, or to which a protected label is attached, including
(a) prohibiting matters in respect of these activities, and
(b) restricting or putting conditions on the performance of these activities.
Regulations respecting duties and prohibitions
48 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purpose of Part 2 [Programs and Protected Labels], including making regulations as follows:
(a) respecting the keeping and production of records;
(b) respecting the making of reports;
(c) respecting the provision of information to persons or bodies, including to the public, whether by labels attached to food or agricultural products or by other means;
(d) respecting actions that may be the subject of an order under section 5 (2) [duties if program applies];
(e) respecting circumstances deemed to be a misrepresentation or a false or misleading statement or device for the purpose of section 10 [misrepresentation prohibited];
(f) permitting the alteration, removal or obliteration of marks and labels in certain circumstances for the purpose of section 11 [prohibitions if graded, examined, inspected or audited].
49 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations authorizing further purposes for which an inspection may be made.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting orders made under this Act, including making regulations respecting the following:
(a) actions that an inspector may require, by order, to be taken for the purposes of section 15 (i) [orders that may be made];
(b) the contents of an order;
(c) service of orders, including service by posting or publishing notice of the order or by any other means;
(d) reassessments under section 19 [variation and reassessment of orders], including limiting the circumstances in which, and how often, a request may be made;
(e) fees for reviews of orders, including prescribing different fees based on
(i) the provision of this Act or of a regulation under which the order was made, or
(ii) the type of food or agricultural product, or the class or size of facility, to which the order will apply;
(f) the publication of orders, including the disclosure of information in respect of an order.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting examinations for the purpose of section 16 [if examination required under regulations], including making regulations as follows:
(a) respecting the taking and retention of food or agricultural products, or samples of them, for analyses;
(b) respecting the conduct of analyses;
(c) respecting equipment or assistance that operators must supply, or actions that operators must take, for the purpose of an examination;
(d) imposing duties on inspectors for the purpose of an examination;
(e) respecting fees, including
(i) respecting the amount of the fee, and
(ii) respecting when and the manner in which the fee must be paid.
(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting enforcement, including making regulations as follows:
(c) prescribing the form of a warrant for the purposes of section 24 [warrants].
50 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting administrative penalties under Division 2 [Administrative Penalties] of Part 5 as follows:
(iv) prescribing the grounds on which the penalty may be reduced;
(h) respecting the form of a certificate under section 41 (3) [recovery of administrative penalties].
(2) A penalty prescribed under subsection (1) (c) must not be greater than $5 000.
51 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations exempting a class of persons, food, agricultural products, facilities or things from one or more provisions of the regulations.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of sections 29 [powers respecting administrators] and 30 [audit of certification programs], including making regulations respecting the following:
(a) imposing requirements, and setting limits and conditions, with respect to the directions the minister must or may give to administrators;
(b) respecting the powers and duties of auditors;
(c) respecting the recovery of audit costs from administrators, including
(i) respecting the amount of costs that may be recovered, including by setting a combined fee or rates for services performed,
(ii) respecting when and the manner in which costs may be recovered, and
(iii) respecting the collection and retention of costs by auditors.
(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe information or types of information for the purposes of section 32 [power to collect or disclose information].
(5) To the extent that regulation-making authority has not already been provided for in this Part, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting any matter for which regulations are contemplated by this Act.
(a) establish classes of persons, food, agricultural products, facilities or things to which this Act applies, and
(4) A regulation made under this Act may limit the application of the regulation to one or more
(a) geographic areas, and
(b) classes of persons, food, agricultural products, facilities or things to which this Act applies.
(5) A regulation made under this Act may confer a discretion on the minister, a reviewing officer or an inspector.
(6) A regulation made under this Act may adopt by reference, in whole or in part and with any changes the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate, a regulation, code, standard or rule as follows:
(a) for any purpose, a regulation, code, standard or rule
(ii) set by a provincial, national or international body or any other body that may make codes, standards or rules;
(b) for the purposes of a certification program, a code or standard set by an administrator or any prescribed person.
(7) A code or standard referred to in subsection (6) (b) is adopted as amended if
(a) the administrator or prescribed person first sends notice of the proposed amendment to the minister,
(b) the minister confirms that the notice has been received, and
(c) the minister does not reject the proposed amendment within 60 days of confirming receipt under paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(8) Unless rejected under subsection (7) (c), an amendment proposed under that subsection is effective on the later of
(a) the date stated in the notice sent under subsection (7) (a) as the effective date of the proposed amendment, and
(b) the end of the period referred to in subsection (7) (c).
(9) If, in a regulation made under this Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council provides that contravention of the regulation is an offence, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may provide that a person who commits the offence is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both.
53	(1) If
(a) a person holds a valid and subsisting licence, issued under the Agricultural Produce Grading Act, at the time that Act is repealed by this Act, and
(b) a regulation made under the Animal Health Act prescribes the activity for which the person is licensed under the Agricultural Produce Grading Act as an activity that requires a licence under the Animal Health Act,
the person is deemed to hold a licence under the Animal Health Act for the activity, subject to any limits and conditions set out in the regulation or attached to the licence.
(2) An order, direction or instruction of an inspector, issued under the Agricultural Produce Grading Act, the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act or the Food Products Standards Act, that is in force at the time that Act is repealed by this Act is deemed to be an order issued under this Act.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the orderly transition to this Act from the Agricultural Produce Grading Act, the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act or the Food Products Standards Act.
(5) A regulation made under the Agricultural Produce Grading Act or the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act that is inconsistent with or not authorized to be made under this Act, or, in respect of a licence, under the Animal Health Act, is deemed to be valid and is given effect until the earliest of
54	The following are repealed:
(a)	the Agricultural Produce Grading Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 11;
(b)	the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act, S.B.C. 2000, c. 20;
(c)	the Food Products Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 153.
[Note: See Table of Legislative Changes for the status of sections 55 to 59.]
55-56 Animal Health Act
57-59 Fish and Seafood Act