Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 9 – Import Grade Requirements
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Import Grade Requirements
Grade Names for Imported Food
1. (1) If an imported food referred to in column 1 of an item of the Table of Import Grade Names for Imported Food meets the requirements of this Compendium for a Canadian grade name in Column 2 of that item, the import grade name in Column 3 is the grade name of the imported food and the imported food must be labelled with that import grade name rather than with the Canadian grade name referred to in that line in Column 2.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to imported eggs (item 2) or processed fruit or vegetable products (items 34 and 35), if they are graded by a licence holder. These foods must use the Canadian grade name as shown in Column 2 of the Table of Import Grade Names for Imported Food, rather than the import grade name referred to in Column 3.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to maple syrup (item 3) that is imported and that is graded by a licence holder and packaged in Canada, if it is graded in an establishment that is identified in a licence, other than an establishment where maple syrup is prepared directly from maple sap. Such maple syrup must use the Canadian grade name in Column 2 of the Table of Import Grade Names for Imported Food, rather than the import grade name referred to in Column 3.
(4) Subsection (1) applies to imported fresh fruits or vegetables (items 4 to 33) that are packaged or repackaged in Canada after their importation.
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | Canadian Grade Name | Import Grade Name | |
| 1. | Honey | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 | ||
| Canada No. 3 | No. 3 | ||
| 2. | Eggs | CANADA A | Grade A |
| CANADA B | Grade B | ||
| CANADA C | Grade C | ||
| CANADA NEST RUN/ CANADA OEUFS TOUT-VENANT | Grade Nest Run | ||
| 3. | Maple syrup | Canada Grade A | Grade A |
| Canada Processing Grade | Processing Grade | ||
| 4. | Fresh Apples | Canada Extra Fancy | Extra Fancy Grade |
| Canada Fancy | Fancy Grade | ||
| Canada Commercial | Commercial Grade | ||
| 5. | Fresh Apricots | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| Canada Hailed | Hailed Grade | ||
| 6. | Fresh Blueberries | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| 7. | Fresh Cantaloupes | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| 8. | Fresh Cherries | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| Canada Orchard Run | Orchard Run Grade | ||
| 9. | Fresh Crabapples | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| 10. | Fresh Cranberries | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| 11. | Fresh Grapes | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| 12. | Fresh Peaches | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| 13. | Fresh Pears | Canada Extra Fancy | Extra Fancy Grade |
| Canada Fancy | Fancy Grade | ||
| Canada Commercial | Commercial Grade | ||
| 14. | Fresh Plums and Prunes | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| 15. | Fresh Field Rhubarb | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada Domestic | Domestic Grade | ||
| 16. | Fresh Strawberries | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| 17. | Fresh Asparagus | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 1 Slender | No. 1 Slender Grade | ||
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 18. | Fresh Beets | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 19. | Fresh Brussels Sprouts | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 20. | Fresh Cabbages | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 21. | Fresh Carrots | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 22. | Fresh Cauliflower | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 23. | Fresh Celery | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 1 Heart | No. 1 Heart Grade | ||
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 24. | Fresh Sweet Corn | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| 25. | Fresh Field Cucumbers | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 26. | Fresh Greenhouse Cucumbers | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| Canada Utility | Utility Grade | ||
| 27. | Fresh Head Lettuce (Iceberg Type) | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 28. | Fresh Onions | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 1 Pickling | No. 1 Pickling Grade | ||
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 29. | Fresh Parsnips | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 30. | Fresh Potatoes | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 1 Creamer | No. 1 Creamer Grade | ||
| Canada No. 1 Small Long | No. 1 Small Long Grade | ||
| Canada No. 1 Small Round | No. 1 Small Round Grade | ||
| Canada No. 1 Large | No. 1 Large Grade | ||
| Canada No. 1 Chef | No. 1 Chef Grade | ||
| 31. | Fresh Rutabagas | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| 32. | Fresh Field Tomatoes | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 33. | Fresh Greenhouse Tomatoes | Canada No. 1 | No. 1 Grade |
| Canada No. 1 Extra Large | No. 1 Extra Large Grade | ||
| Canada Commercial | Commercial Grade | ||
| Canada No. 2 | No. 2 Grade | ||
| 34. | Processed Fruit or Vegetable Product in a hermetically sealed package | CANADA FANCY | FANCY GRADE |
| CANADA CHOICE | CHOICE GRADE | ||
| CANADA STANDARD | STANDARD GRADE | ||
| 35. | Frozen Processed Fruit or Vegetable Product | CANADA A | GRADE A |
| CANADA B | GRADE B | ||
| CANADA C | GRADE C | ||
| 36. | Atlantic Oysters | Fancy Shape | Fancy Shape |
| Choice Shape | Choice Shape | ||
| Standard Shape | Standard Shape | ||
| Commercial Shape | Commercial Shape | ||
| 37. | Pickled Split Herring Class A | Fat | Fat |
| Fat tropic | Fat tropic | ||
| No. 4 Fat | No. 4 Fat | ||
| 38. | Pickled Split Herring Class B | Bright | Bright |
| Tropic | Tropic | ||
| No. 4 Tropic | No. 4 Tropic | ||
| 39. | Pickled Split Herring Class A or Class B | No. 1 | No. 1 |
| Seconds | Seconds | ||
| 40. | Pickled Headless Split Herring | Headless Split | Headless Split |
| Substandard Headless Split | Substandard Headless Split | ||
| 41. | Pickled Dressed Herring | Dressed | Dressed |
| Substandard | Substandard | ||
| 42. | Pickled herring fillet | No. 1 | No. 1 |
| No. 2 | No. 2 | ||
| 43. | Scotch cure pickled herring | Full | Full |
| Fillings | Fillings | ||
| 44. | Pickled Split Turbot | No. 1 | No. 1 |
| No. 2 | No. 2 | ||
| 45. |
| Bright Spring | Bright Spring |
| Spring | Spring | ||
| No. 4 Spring | No. 4 Spring | ||
| 46. |
| Choice | Choice |
| Summer | Summer | ||
| Dark Summer | Dark Summer | ||
| No. 4 Summer | No. 4 Summer | ||
| 47. |
| Choice Fall | Choice Fall |
| Fall | Fall | ||
| Dark Fall | Dark Fall | ||
| No. 4 Fall | No. 4 Fall | ||
| 48. | Pickled split Arctic char | Choice Red | Choice Red |
| Choice Pink | Choice Pink | ||
| Prime Mixed | Prime Mixed | ||
| Commercial | Commercial | ||
| 49. | Pickled split Atlantic salmon | Choice | Choice |
| Prime | Prime | ||
| Commercial | Commercial | ||
| 50. | Bloaters | Choice | Choice |
| Standard | Standard | ||
| 51. | Bloater fillet | Choice | Choice |
| Standard | Standard | ||
| 52. | Prepackaged Frozen gutted Pacific Salmon | Grade A | Grade A |
| Standard | Standard | ||
| Utility | Utility | ||
| 53. | Poultry carcass | CANADA A | GRADE A |
| CANADA C | GRADE C | ||
| CANADA UTILITY UTILITÉ | GRADE UTILITY UTILITÉ |
Grade Designations for Imported Food
2. (1) If a food referred to in Column 1 of an item of the Table of Imported Foods without import grade names meets the requirements of this Compendium for a Canadian grade name in Column 2 of that item, and the food is imported from a foreign state that has a grade designation having requirements that are substantially equivalent to those requirements, the imported food must be labelled with that foreign grade designation rather than with the Canadian grade name.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to imported foods listed in items 1 and 2 of the Table of Imported Foods without import grade names if they are graded by a licence holder. These foods must use the Canadian grade name as shown in Column 2, rather than the foreign grade designation.
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Food | Canadian Grade Name | |
| 1. |
|
CANADA 1 |
| 2. |
| CANADA 1 |
| CANADA 2 | ||
| 3. | Beef carcass or a complete side, hind quarter, front quarter, primal cut or sub-primal cut | CANADA A |
| CANADA AA | ||
| CANADA AAA | ||
| CANADA PRIME | ||
| CANADA B1 | ||
| CANADA B2 | ||
| CANADA B3 | ||
| CANADA B4 | ||
| CANADA D1 | ||
| CANADA D2 | ||
| CANADA D3 | ||
| CANADA D4 | ||
| CANADA E | ||
| 4. | Veal carcass | CANADA A1 |
| CANADA A2 | ||
| CANADA A3 | ||
| CANADA A4 | ||
| CANADA B1 | ||
| CANADA B2 | ||
| CANADA B3 | ||
| CANADA B4 | ||
| CANADA C1 | ||
| CANADA C2 | ||
| 5. | Ovine carcass | CANADA AAA |
| CANADA C1 | ||
| CANADA C2 | ||
| CANADA D1 | ||
| CANADA D4 | ||
| 6. | Bison carcass | CANADA A1 |
| CANADA A2 | ||
| CANADA A3 | ||
| CANADA A4 | ||
| CANADA B1 | ||
| CANADA B2 | ||
| CANADA B3 | ||
| CANADA D1 | ||
| CANADA D2 | ||
| CANADA D3 |
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