Acts and Regulations

2014-50 - Organic Grade

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Current to 1 January 2024
NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2014-50
under the
Natural Products Act
Filed April 16, 2014
Under sections 77 and 78 of the Natural Products Act, the Commission makes the following Regulation:
Citation
1This Regulation may be cited as the Organic Grade Regulation - Natural Products Act.
Definitions
2The following definitions apply in this Regulation.
“Canadian Organic Standards” means the standards CAN/CGSB 32.310 and CAN/CGSB 32.311, as defined in the Organic Products Regulations.(normes biologiques canadiennes)
“certification body” means a third party organization that is accredited or recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in accordance with the Organic Products Regulations and that is used to verify that a farm product is produced or processed according to the Canadian Organic Standards.(organisme de certification)
“multi-ingredient product” means a type of farm product composed of two or more ingredients.(produit multi-ingrédients)
“Organic Products Regulations” means the Organic Products Regulations, 2009 under the Canada Agricultural Products Act (Canada).(Règlement sur les produits biologiques)
“valid” means that the organic certification is not suspended, expired or cancelled.(valide)
Application
3This Regulation applies to farm products produced or processed in New Brunswick and sold in New Brunswick.
Grade
4Organic grade is established as the grade for a farm product or a multi-ingredient product that is produced or processed by a person who has a valid organic certification for the product from a certification body.
Marketing, labelling and advertising requirements
5(1)No person shall market a farm product or multi-ingredient product as “organic”, “organically grown”, “organically produced” or “organically raised”, or using similar words, including abbreviations of, symbols for and phonetic renderings of those words, unless the product meets the requirements for the Organic Grade.
5(2)No person shall affix a label to or make an advertisement for a farm product or multi-ingredient product that contains the words “organic”, “organically grown”, “organically produced” or “organically raised”, or similar words, including abbreviations of, symbols for and phonetic renderings of those words, unless the product meets the requirements for the Organic Grade.
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to April 16, 2014.