6 (1) It is prohibited for a person to manufacture, prepare, package, label, sell, import or advertise a food commodity in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, quality, value, quantity, composition, merit, safety or origin or the method of its manufacture or preparation.
Penalties outlined in the act:
39 (1) A person who contravenes a provision of this Act, other than sections 7 and 9, or a provision of the regulations — or fails to do anything the person was ordered to do by, or does anything the person was ordered not to do by, the Minister or an inspector under this Act other than subsection 32(1) — is guilty of an offence and is liable
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $5,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or to both; or
(b) on summary conviction, for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months or to both and, for a subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than 18 months or to both.
Take away their license to operate in Canada. Seems seditious to me.
Shutting them down “cold turkey” seems like an overreaction, considering the big grocers amount to our whole food distribution system.
You’re right, we should nationalise their operations instead
Sounds like criminal fraud to me.
How about if the label is inaccurate they have to give you the product for free. Shit would get fixed overnight.
Next up: lobby group with ties to grocer oligopoly pushing to defund the cbc.
