Agriculture committee  Let's take a very simple example: maple syrup. In Quebec, the maple syrup industry has a very high profile, and we have developed a fairly complete set of specifications. It is about 15 pages long and contains criteria which determine whether Quebec's maple syrup can be considere

Agriculture committee  I would like to add that we will not only be importing U.S. organic products, but we will also be importing their scandals. In the United States, there are problems with regard to access to pastureland for dairy production. There are also serious issues with regard to access to f

Agriculture committee  I am just going to answer your first question. We don't name any particular certification organization. There can be several certification bodies, but we ask that they be accredited by the CFIA. I'll now give the floor to Julie, so that she can give you some explanations on s

Agriculture committee  Not really. The ISO is one thing and standards are another thing. The ISO provides standards for authorizing certification bodies to do their work. Thus, certification bodies must follow certain procedures in doing their work. Standards, on the other hand, are what the company, f

Agriculture committee  All right. Should I start that over?

Agriculture committee  The current proposed regulations entrust the monitoring of imported products to the jurisdictions of other countries with which Canada has signed equivalency agreements. To accept a product imported to Canada, the other proposed alternative is certification to Canadian standards

Agriculture committee  Thank you. La Filière biologique du Québec would like to sincerely thank the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food for agreeing to meet with us so that we could express our serious concerns about the proposed Organic Products Regulations (2009) and its negative impact