Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
Consolidated Statutes
Consolidated Regulations
Annual Statutes and Regulations
Annual Statutes
Annual Regulations
Additional information
Québec Official Publisher
What’s new?
Information note
Policy of the Minister of Justice
Laws: Amendments
Laws: Provisions not in force
Laws: Provisions brought into force
Annual Statutes: PDF versions since 1996
Regulations: Amendments
Annual Regulations: PDF versions since 1996
Court Decisions
P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food
Schedule
Disposition versions
SCHEDULE 8.B
(ss. 8.5.1 and 8.7.2)
COLOUR GRADES OF “CATEGORY A” MAPLE SYRUP
1. The determination of the light transmission of “Category A” maple syrup is made with a spectrophotometer equipped with optical cells with parallel windows having a 10 mm path length at a wavelength of 560 nm, the colour values being expressed in percentage of light transmission, using as a reference glycerol with an analytical purity representing 100% of transmission.
2. “Category A” maple syrup is of the colour grade mentioned in column I of the table where its percentage of light transmission corresponds to that of column II.
| Column I | Column II | |
| Colour grade | Percentage of light transmission | |
| Golden, delicate taste | not less than | 75.0 |
| Amber, rich taste | less than | 75.0 |
| but at least | 50.0 | |
| Dark, robust taste | less than | 50.0 |
| but at least | 25.0 | |
| Very dark, strong taste | less than | 25.0 |
SCHEDULE 8.B
(ss. 8.4.1, 8.5.1, 8.5.5 and 8.7.2)
MAPLE SYRUP COLOUR GRADES
Table A
____________________________________________________
Column I Column II
Colour grade Percentage of light transmission
determined with a spectrophotometer
____________________________________________________
Extra light at least 75.0
Light lower than 75.0
but at least 60,5
Medium lower than 60.5
but at least 44.0
Amber lower than 44.0
but at least 27.0
Dark lower than 27.0
____________________________________________________
Table B
Made syrup belongs to the colour grade mentioned in Column I of Table A if its light transmission percentage is the one mentioned in Column II, determined at the wavelength of 560 nm with a spectrophotometer equipped with optical cells with parallel windows of 10 mm path length, using as a reference glycerol with an analytical purity representing 100% of transmission.
