P-29 - Food Products Act

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33.1.1. The Minister may, if considered appropriate by the Minister, authorize, upon application, the owner of a seized product or the person who had possession of it to subject the product to an operation or treatment to ensure the safety of the product.
The application shall be made in writing to the Minister not later than 30 days after the date of the seizure and shall include
(1)  a detailed description of the proposed operation or treatment to which the product is to be subjected;
(2)  the duration of the operation or treatment and the date on which the operation or treatment is scheduled to be carried out;
(3)  an undertaking to pay the costs of the operation or treatment and to repay to the Government the costs of the examination of the application and, where applicable, the costs incurred by the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation for analysis, inspection or assessment in relation to an authorized operation or treatment and for the verification of the safety of the product after the operation or treatment.
The authorization shall be granted by the Minister, in particular with respect to the packaging, labelling, transportation, sale or transfer of the product, subject to the conditions determined by the Minister.
1997, c. 68, s. 2.