Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (S.C. 1995, c. 40).
The purpose of the present Act is to establish, as an alternative to the existing penal system and as a supplement to existing enforcement measures, a fair and efficient administrative monetary penalty system for the enforcement of the Agri-Food Acts. For the purpose of the present Act “Agri-Food Act” means, inter alia, the Canada Agricultural Products Act, the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Health of Animals Act, the Meat Inspection Act, the Pest Control Products Act, the Plant Protection Act or the Seeds Act. The text - consisting of 26 sections - deals with the following aspects: power of minister, proceedings, notice of violation with warning, notice of violations with penalty, rules of law about violations and general provisions.