The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission has opened a period of public comment until November 11th with a list of regulations for dairy processing companies the commission intends to drop.
The Commission says eliminating all regulations on their list would save the processing sector around $147,000 per year.
Proposals include eliminating fees for licenses and certificates for plants, for non shopkeeper distributors, for bulk tank graders, dairy plant milk and cream graders and for apprentices.
Other proposals include eliminating the requirement for a permit to make small alterations to a dairy processing plant which would not impact food safety.
An update to a reference to the grades, standards, grade names, grade masks, packing, marking and labelling requirements and specifications of containers for dairy products as seen in the Safe Food for Canadian Regulations and the Canadian Grade Compendium.
This is in part of Premier Doug Ford’s promise of an Open for Business review of all regulations