§ 200

(1) An inspection of a lot of food, each unit of which purports to contain the same net quantity, by an inspector for the purpose of determining whether the lot meets the conditions of paragraphs 199(3)(a) and (b) must be conducted by collecting and examining a sample from the lot.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if a lot contains the number of units set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 5, the inspector must collect from the lot at least the number of units set out in column 2 and the units collected constitute the sample referred to in subsection (1).

(3) If, for the purpose of determining the net quantity, other than for establishing the weight of the container, it is necessary to destroy a certain number of units in the lot, an inspector must not collect a number of units intended to be destroyed that is more than 10% of the total number of units in the lot or less than one unit, and the units collected constitute the sample referred to in subsection (1).

(4) The lot from which a sample was collected and examined by an inspector does not meet the conditions of paragraphs 199(3)(a) and (b) if the inspector determines that (a) the weighted average quantity of the units in the sample, as determined by the formula set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5, is less than the declared net quantity; (b) the number of units in the sample that contain less than the declared net quantity by more than the prescribed tolerance set out in Schedule 4 for that quantity is equal to or greater than the number set out in column 2 of Part 4 of Schedule 5 for the sample size set out in column 1 of that Part; or (c) two or more units in the sample contain less than the declared net quantity by more than twice the prescribed tolerance set out in Schedule 4 for that quantity.

(5) In the case of an inspection of a consumer prepackaged food that consists of a liquid, the net quantity of the food must be determined on the basis of the assumption that the liquid is at a temperature of 20°C.

(6) In the case of an inspection of a consumer prepackaged food that consists of a frozen liquid food and that is normally sold and consumed in a frozen state, the net quantity of the food must be determined when the food is in a frozen state.