46. Any produce or other thing detained pursuant to section 23 of the Act shall be maintained by the person who has the care or custody of the produce or other thing under storage conditions appropriate to the preservation of the produce or thing.

47. No produce or other thing detained pursuant to section 23 of the Act shall be released unless an inspector issues a notice of release, in a form established by the President of the Agency, to each of the persons to whom a copy of the notice of detention referred to in paragraph 45(1)(c) was issued.

47.1 [Repealed, SOR/94-510, s. 20]

• 48. (1) Any produce or other thing forfeited under subsection 28(1) of the Act shall be disposed of in the manner ordered by the court directing the forfeiture and, if no order for the disposition of the produce or other thing is made by that court, the produce or other thing shall be disposed of in the following manner:

  • (a) in the case of produce that is edible, it shall be

    • (i) sold and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General, or

    • (ii) donated to a charitable institution;

  • (b) in the case of produce that is inedible, it shall be

    • (i) sold for preparation as animal food or as a non-food product and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General, or

    • (ii) disposed of or destroyed; and

  • (c) in the case of a thing other than produce, it shall be sold and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General.

• (2) Any produce or other thing forfeited under subsection 28(2) of the Act shall be disposed of in the manner set out in subsection (1).

48.1 Produce that is forfeited under subsection 30(2) of the Act shall be disposed of in the following manner:

• (a) in the case of produce that is edible, it shall be

  • (i) sold and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General, or

  • (ii) donated to a charitable institution; and

• (b) in the case of produce that is inedible, it shall be

  • (i) sold for preparation as animal food or as a non-food product and the proceeds deposited to the credit of the Receiver General, or

  • (ii) disposed of or destroyed.

[Repealed, SOR/96-361, s. 5]

• 56. (1) An application for the registration of an establishment, or for the renewal or amendment of an existing registration, shall be made to the Director, in a form provided by the Agency, accompanied by the applicable fee prescribed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice, and shall contain the following information:

  • (a) the name, address, including the postal code, telephone number and, if any, facsimile number of the applicant and of the establishment, where they are different from those of the applicant;

  • (b) whether it is an application for a new registration or for the renewal or amendment of an existing registration;

  • (c) the existing registration number, if any;

  • (d) whether the establishment is owned by an individual, a partnership, a co-operative or a corporation;

  • (e) the name under which the establishment operates, where the name is different from that of the applicant;

  • (f) the names and titles of all owners, partners, officers and directors of the establishment; and

  • (g) the kinds of produce that will be packed in the establishment.

• (2) [Repealed, SOR/96-361, s. 6]

• (3) Where an establishment, in respect of which an application for registration is made, meets the conditions set out in sections 59 and 60, and the applicant pays the registration fee, the Director shall

  • (a) register the establishment by entering its name in the register of registered establishments of the Agency and by assigning it a registration number; and

  • (b) issue to the operator of the establishment a Certificate of Registration.

• (4) A Certificate of Registration may be restricted to one or more kinds of produce for which grade names are provided in Schedule I.

• (5) The operator shall post the Certificate of Registration in a conspicuous place in the registered establishment for the period during which the Certificate remains in force.

• (6) The operator shall not assign or transfer to any other person the Certificate of Registration issued in respect of the registered establishment.

• (7) No person shall use or permit the use of a registration number to mark produce that is prepared in any establishment other than the registered establishment to which the number is assigned.

• (8) A Certificate of Registration shall remain in force for the period for which it is issued unless the registration of the establishment is suspended pursuant to section 57, cancelled pursuant to section 58 or surrendered by the operator of the establishment.