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§ 353

SFCR (SOR/2018-108) · Part 13 Organic Products

§ 353 Expressions

(1) The expressions “organic” or “biologique” or “organique”, “organically grown” or “cultivé biologiquement”, “organically raised” or “élevé biologiquement” and “organically produced” or “produit biologiquement” and any similar expressions, including abbreviations of, symbols for and phonetic renderings of those expressions, may be shown on the label or used in the advertisement of a food commodity that is sent or conveyed from one province to another if (a) the food commodity is an organic product; and (b) in the case of a multi-ingredient food commodity, at least 95% of its contents are organic products.

(2) Despite subsection (1), if a multi-ingredient food commodity is an organic product but less than 95% of its contents are organic products, it may be labelled with or advertised using the expression “organic ingredients” or “d’ingrédients biologiques” if that expression is (a) immediately preceded by the percentage of its contents that are organic products, rounded down to the nearest whole number; and (b) in characters of the same height and prominence as the words, numbers, signs or symbols that indicate that percentage.

(3) Despite subsection (1), the list of ingredients that is shown on the label of a multi-ingredient food commodity that is not an organic product may indicate which of the ingredients are organic products.

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