Food and Drugs Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-27).

An Act to control the production and placing on the market of food and to introduce standards of hygiene and safety for the food industry in general.
No person shall sell an article of food that: (a) has in or on it any poisonous or harmful substance; (b) is unfit for human consumption; (c) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased animal or vegetable substance; (d) is adulterated; or (e) was manufactured, prepared, preserved, packaged or stored under unsanitary conditions (sect. 4). Section 5 prohibits false labelling of food. Where a standard for a food has been prescribed, no person shall; (a) import into Canada; (b) send, convey or receive for conveyance from one province to another; or (c) have in possession for the purpose of sending or conveying from one province to another any article that is intended for sale and that is likely to be mistaken for that food unless the article complies with the prescribed standard (sect. 6). Where a standard or any portion of a standard prescribed for a food is identified by the Governor in Council pursuant to section 6.1., no person shall label, package, sell or advertise any article in such a manner that it is likely to be mistaken for that food unless the article complies with the standard or portion of a standard so identified. No person shall manufacture, prepare, preserve, package or store for sale any food under unsanitary conditions. The Minister may designate any person as an inspector for the purpose of the enforcement of this Act under section 22. Powers of inspectors are outlined in subsequent sectors. The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Act into effect pursuannt to section 30.