- SHORT TITLE
- INTERPRETATION
- CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT OR DESIGNATION OF INSPECTOR
- EXEMPTIONS GENERALLY
- EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION
- REGISTRATION
- STANDARDS
- GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
- LABELLING
- UNITS OF MEASUREMENT ON LABELS
- SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS
- NOTIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE RELEASE OF NOVEL SUPPLEMENTS
- INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
- DECISION OF THE MINISTER
- NEW INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
- DETENTION
- SCHEDULE I
- SCHEDULE II
- SCHEDULE III / ANNEXE III
- SCHEDULE IV
Regulations Respecting the Regulation and Control of Agricultural Fertilizers (C.R.C., c. 666)
Enabling Statute: Fertilizers Act
Regulation current to January 25th, 2011
Attention: See coming into force provision and notes, where applicable.
Fertilizers Regulations
C.R.C., c. 666
FERTILIZERS ACT
Fertilizers Regulations
REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZERS
SHORT TITLE
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilizers Regulations.
INTERPRETATION
[SOR/97-7, s. 1(F)]
2. (1) In these Regulations,
“Act” means the Fertilizers Act; (Loi)
“Agency” means the Canadian Food Inspection Agency established by section 3 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act; (Agence)
“Agricultural Inspection Directorate” [Repealed, SOR/93-232, s. 2]
“available” or “soluble” means soluble by the methods of analysis referred to in section 23; (assimilable or soluble)
“biotechnology” means the application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of living organisms or parts or products of living organisms in their natural or modified forms; (biotechnologie)
“brand” means any distinctive mark or trade name, other than a name or grade required by these Regulations, applied by the manufacturer, registrant or vendor to a fertilizer or supplement to distinguish it from any other fertilizer or supplement; (marque)
“cattle” means animals of the species Bos taurus or Bos indicus; (bœuf)
“Compendium of Fertilizer-Use Pesticides” means the Compendium of Fertilizer-Use Pesticides, 2nd edition, published by the Department of Agriculture (August 1994); (Recueil des pesticides à usage dans les engrais)
“customer-formula fertilizer” means a fertilizer prepared in accordance with a written formula that sets forth the name, amount and analysis of each ingredient, the fertilizer grade of the total mixture and the signature of the person for whose use for fertilizing purposes it has been prepared; (engrais préparé d'après la formule du client)
“Director” means the Director designated by the President of the Agency; (directeur)
“environment” means the components of the Earth and includes
(a) air, land and water,
(b) all layers of the atmosphere,
(c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and
(d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); (environnement)
“farm fertilizer” includes any fertilizer other than a specialty fertilizer; (engrais agricole)
“fertilizer” includes a fertilizer derived through biotechnology; (engrais)
“fertilizer-pesticide” means any fertilizer that contains a pesticide; (engrais-antiparasitaire)
“fineness” [Repealed, SOR/85-558, s. 1]
“grade” means the percentage content of total nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and soluble potash stated in that sequence; (catégorie)
“guaranteed analysis” means a guaranteed analysis referred to in section 15; (analyse garantie)
“lesser plant nutrient” means any plant nutrient other than nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; (principe nutritif secondaire)
“major plant nutrient” means nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), or potassium (K); (principe nutritif principal)
“mixed fertilizer” includes all fertilizers other than fertilizers consisting of a single material or one chemical compound; (engrais mélangé)
“nitrogen” means elemental nitrogen (N); (azote)
“novel supplement” means
(a) a supplement that is not registered and not exempt from registration, or
(b) a supplement that is derived through biotechnology and has a novel trait; (supplément nouveau)
“novel trait”, in respect of a supplement derived through biotechnology, means a characteristic of the supplement that
(a) has been intentionally selected, created or introduced into a distinct, stable population [of supplements] of the same species through a specific genetic change, and
(b) based on valid scientific rationale, is not substantially equivalent, in terms of its specific use and safety both for the environment and for human health, to any characteristic of a similar supplement that is in use as a supplement in Canada and is considered safe for use as a supplement in Canada; (caractère nouveau)
“organic matter” means that substance remaining after removal of the moisture and total ash fractions from partially humified matter of animal or vegetable origin; (matière organique)
“per cent” means per cent by weight; (pour cent)
“pesticide” means a pest control product as defined in the Pest Control Products Act; (antiparasitaire)
“phosphoric acid” [Repealed, SOR/93-232, s. 2]
“phosphoric acid” or “phosphate” means phosphorus pentoxide (P205); (acide phosphorique or phosphate)
“Plant Products Division” [Repealed, SOR/85-558, s. 1]
“potash” means potassium oxide (K2O); (potasse)
“registrant” means a person who has been issued a certificate of registration under these Regulations; (inscrit)
“release” means any discharge or emission of a supplement into the environment or exposure of a supplement to the environment; (dissémination)
“ruminant” means an animal of the suborder Ruminatiae