P-30 - Dairy Products and Dairy Products Substitutes Act

Section 42 Disposition versions

2000-06-16

42. (Repealed).

1969, c. 45, s. 42; 1977, c. 36, s. 7; 1987, c. 61, s. 3; 1999, c. 50, s. 57; 2000, c. 26, s. 65.

1999-11-05

42. In addition to the other regulatory powers assigned to it by this Act, the Government may make regulations to:

(a)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph a of section 1, the cases in which milk or any derivative of milk ceases to be a dairy product after having been treated, modified, converted or reconstituted, and the criteria whereby milk is to be considered the principal ingredient in the making of a dairy product;

(b)  define, for the purposes of this Act and the regulations, the expressions “treating”, “converting” and “reconstituting” when they apply to a dairy product, and the expression “food retailer”;

(c)  determine the qualifications required of any person applying for a permit, the conditions which he must fulfil and the information he must furnish;

(d)  determine categories of permits and classes of permit holders and the conditions and restrictions relating to each category of permit;

(e)  determine the form and tenor of applications for permits and of permits;

(f)  fix the conditions upon which permits shall be issued, prescribe the cost thereof and provide for their renewal, amendment, suspension or cancellation, subject to the provisions of this Act;

(f.1)  designate the substitutes that may be manufactured, offered for sale, sold, delivered, converted, kept, exhibited or transported for sale;

(g)  establish standards for the composition, colour, proportion of constituents, form and quality with which dairy products and substitutes offered for sale or delivered in Québec must comply, and determine the methods of analysis to be used for such purposes;

(h)  enact sanitary requirements for the conditions of production, processing, preserving, conditioning, handling and transportation of dairy products and substitutes and the substances which enter into their composition;

(i)  authorize standardization of the proportion of fat and other solid components in any dairy product which it indicates, under the conditions and by the processes determined by it, including skimming;

(j)  determine the conditions of manufacture, sale, offering for sale, exhibition, keeping and transportation of dairy products and substitutes;

(k)  prohibit, to such extent as it shall indicate, the adding of substitutes or other products to dairy products or to the constituents of such products;

(l)  regulate the use of vitamins, additives, preservatives or neutralizers in dairy products and substitutes;

(m)  determine the conditions of construction, installation and equipping of any premises where dairy products or substitutes are handled and of any premises where animals used for the production of milk are housed;

(n)  regulate the nature, shape, dimensions and capacity of containers, packages or wrappers and the inscriptions, labels or makings indicating the nature, kind or variety, composition, quantity, quality or particular trade names of the different dairy products or substitutes, the date of their manufacture as well as the inscription of the name and address of the milk dealer, manufacturer or wholesaler on invoices, labels or containers;

(o)  prohibit the use of containers, packages, wrappers, inscriptions, labels or markings which have not been previously approved by the Minister;

(p)  regulate publicity or advertising used for promoting the dairy products trade and the substitutes trade;

(q)  prohibit, in the manufacture and sale of dairy products of substitutes, the use of substances which it considers detrimental to health;

(r)  subject to the other provisions of this Act, determine everything which relates to payment for milk and cream by a milk dealer;

(s)  prescribe standards for the transportation of milk and cream except for transportation rates;

(t)  exclude from the application of this Act any category of dairy products or substitutes which it indicates;

(u)  prescribe the preparation of registers, reports or other documents and the communication thereof to the Minister;

(v)  subject to the provisions of this Act respecting inspections, prescribe standards for such inspections.

1969, c. 45, s. 42; 1977, c. 36, s. 7; 1987, c. 61, s. 3; 1999, c. 50, s. 57.

1987-06-23

42. In addition to the other regulatory powers assigned to it by this Act, the Government may make regulations to:

(a)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph a of section 1, the cases in which milk or any derivative of milk ceases to be a dairy product after having been treated, modified, converted or reconstituted, and the criteria whereby milk is to be considered the principal ingredient in the making of a dairy product;

(b)  define, for the purposes of this Act and the regulations, the expressions “treating”, “converting” and “reconstituting” when they apply to a dairy product, and the expression “food retailer”;

(c)  determine the qualifications required of any person applying for a permit, the conditions which he must fulfil and the information he must furnish;

(d)  determine categories of permits and classes of permit holders and the conditions and restrictions relating to each category of permit;

(e)  determine the form and tenor of applications for permits and of permits;

(f)  fix the conditions upon which permits shall be issued, prescribe the cost thereof and provide for their renewal, amendment, suspension or cancellation, subject to the provisions of this Act;

(f.1)  designate the substitutes that may be manufactured, offered for sale, sold, delivered, converted, kept, exhibited or transported for sale;

(g)  establish standards for the composition, colour, proportion of constituents, form and quality with which dairy products and substitutes offered for sale or delivered in Québec must comply, and determine the methods of analysis to be used for such purposes;

(h)  enact sanitary requirements for the conditions of production, processing, preserving, conditioning, handling and transportation of dairy products and substitutes and the substances which enter into their composition;

(i)  authorize standardization of the proportion of fat and other solid components in any dairy product which it indicates, under the conditions and by the processes determined by it, including skimming;

(j)  determine the conditions of manufacture, sale, offering for sale, exhibition, keeping and transportation of dairy products and substitutes;

(k)  prohibit, to such extent as it shall indicate, the adding of substitutes or other products to dairy products or to the constituents of such products;

(l)  regulate the use of vitamins, additives, preservatives or neutralizers in dairy products and substitutes;

(m)  determine the conditions of construction, installation and equipping of any premises where dairy products or substitutes are handled and of any premises where animals used for the production of milk are housed;

(n)  regulate the nature, shape, dimensions and capacity of containers, packages or wrappers and the inscriptions, labels or makings indicating the nature, kind or variety, composition, quantity, quality or particular trade names of the different dairy products or substitutes, the date of their manufacture as well as the inscription of the name and address of the milk dealer, manufacturer or wholesaler on invoices, labels or containers;

(o)  prohibit the use of containers, packages, wrappers, inscriptions, labels or markings which have not been previously approved by the Minister;

(p)  regulate publicity or advertising used for promoting the dairy products trade and the substitutes trade;

(q)  prohibit, in the manufacture and sale of dairy products of substitutes, the use of substances which it considers detrimental to health;

(r)  subject to the other provisions of this Act, determine everything which relates to payment for milk and cream by a milk dealer;

(s)  prescribe standards for the transportation of milk and cream except for transportation rates;

(t)  exclude from the application of this Act any category of dairy products or substitutes which it indicates;

(u)  determine the form and tenor of registers, reports and records to which any person shall be subject under this Act;

(v)  subject to the provisions of this Act respecting inspections, prescribe standards for such inspections.

1969, c. 45, s. 42; 1977, c. 36, s. 7; 1987, c. 61, s. 3.

1977-12-31

42. In addition to the other regulatory powers assigned to it by this act, the Government may make regulations to:

(a)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph a of section 1, the cases in which milk or any derivative of milk ceases to be a dairy product after having been treated, modified, converted or reconstituted, and the criteria whereby milk is to be considered the principal ingredient in the making of a dairy product;

(b)  define, for the purposes of this act and the regulations, the expressions “treating”, “converting” and “reconstituting” when they apply to a dairy product, and the expression “food retailer”;

(c)  determine the qualifications required of any person applying for a permit, the conditions which he must fulfil and the information he must furnish;

(d)  determine categories of permits and classes of permit holders and the conditions and restrictions relating to each category of permit;

(e)  determine the form and tenor of applications for permits and of permits;

(f)  fix the conditions upon which permits shall be issued, prescribe the cost thereof and provide for their renewal, amendment, suspension or cancellation, subject to the provisions of this act;

(g)  establish standards for the composition, colour, proportion of constituants, form and quality with which dairy products and substitutes offered for sale or delivered in Québec must comply, and determine the methods of analysis to be used for such purposes;

(h)  enact sanitary requirements for the conditions of production, processing, preserving, conditioning, handling and transportation of dairy products and substitutes and the substances which enter into their composition;

(i)  authorize standardization of the proportion of fat and other solid components in any dairy product which it indicates, under the conditions and by the processes determined by it, including skimming;

(j)  determine the conditions of manufacture, sale, offering for sale, exhibition, keeping and transportation of dairy products and substitutes;

(k)  prohibit, to such extent as it shall indicate, the adding of substitutes or other products to dairy products or to the constituents of such products;

(l)  regulate the use of vitamins, additives, preservatives or neutralizers in dairy products and substitutes;

(m)  determine the conditions of construction, installation and equipping of any premises where dairy products or substitutes are handled;

(n)  regulate the nature, shape, dimensions and capacity of containers, packages or wrappers and the inscriptions, labels or makings indicating the nature, kind or variety, composition, quantity, quality or particular trade names of the different dairy products or substitutes, the date of their manufacture as well as the inscription of the name and address of the milk dealer, manufacturer or wholesaler on invoices, labels or containers;

(o)  prohibit the use of containers, packages, wrappers, inscriptions, labels or markings which have not been previously approved by the Minister;

(p)  regulate publicity or advertising used for promoting the dairy products trade and the substitutes trade;

(q)  prohibit, in the manufacture and sale of dairy products of substitutes, the use of substances which it considers detrimental to health;

(r)  subject to the other provisions of this act, determine everything which relates to payment for milk and cream by a milk dealer;

(s)  prescribe standards for the transportation of milk and cream except for transportation rates;

(t)  exclude from the application of this act any category of dairy products or substitutes which it indicates;

(u)  determine the form and tenor of registers, reports and records to which any person shall be subject under this act;

(v)  subject to the provisions of this act respecting inspections, prescribe standards for such inspections.

1969, c. 45, s. 42; 1977, c. 36, s. 7.