Possible modifications to encourage food waste reduction (WITH PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS IN BOLD UPPERCASE)
Regulations
- (1)The Minister may make regulations,
- designating as a farm product any farm product or a class thereof or any article of food or drink manufactured or derived in whole or in part from a farm product;
- establishing grades for a farm product;
- providing for the inspecting, grading, packing and marking of farm products;
- respecting the buying, selling, advertising, handling, shipping and transporting of farm products [UNDER THIS PROVISION, THE PROVINCE COULD FORBID BOGOF AND REQUIRE BOGOF-L]
- respecting packages for farm products; [REFLECT CHANGES TO THE CCPLA PROPOSED IN TABLE 3, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE STRUCTURE OF REG. 378 THAT WAS REVOKED IN 2011].
- prescribing the manner in which sellers, transporters and shippers of farm products shall identify, for purposes of grading, individual producer's lots in a shipment;
- prescribing the manner in which shippers or packers shall make returns and prepare for presentation to the producer the statements of accounts of purchase of farm products and for the investigation of such statements and the transactions represented thereby; [USE THIS TO FORBID LAST MINUTE CHANGES TO ARRANGEMENTS BY SHIPPERS, PACKERS AND RETAILERS; ADD A CLAUSE TO THE EFFECT THAT ORDER REDUCTIONS WITHIN 24 HOURS CAN ONLY BE PERMITTED BY THE AGREEMENT OF BOTH PARTIES]
