Poultry Marketplace

Legislation

• General Overview
  
  
• Federal Government Agriculture Legislation
  
  
• Provincial Government and Marketing Board Legislation

General Overview

This summary of acts and regulations includes mainly the acts relating to poultry and egg production in Canada. It is intended to be a reference tool containing the main federal and provincial legislation governing the Canadian poultry industry.

The poultry and egg industry in Canada operates under an orderly marketing system. Supply management is used to determine poultry meat and egg production levels within the country. International and interprovincial trade is under federal jurisdiction, while the provincial and territorial governments administer their home markets.

Canada’s orderly marketing system for poultry and eggs is governed by the following levels of legislation:

• Provincial and territorial legislation governing commodity and supervisory boards.
• Federal legislation controlling interprovincial and international trade in farm products.
• Federal proclamations to establish each of the national marketing agencies.
• Federal, provincial and territorial agreements administered by each national marketing agency.

You will also find information on legislation governing food safety for each type of poultry production.