Food and Drugs Act

Marginal note:Offences relating to food

• 31.1 (1) Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations, as it relates to food, is guilty of an offence and liable

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction by indictment, to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

• Marginal note:Clarification

  (2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) applies in respect of the following provisions of this Act:

  • (a) section 3, if the contravention of that section involves food;

  • (a.1) section 3.1 or 3.3, if the contravention of that section involves a clinical trial that relates to food;

  • (a.2) section 3.2, if the contravention of that section involves the terms and conditions of an authorization that authorizes the conduct of a clinical trial that relates to food;

  • (b) subsection 22.1(2), if the contravention of that subsection involves any document or information that relates to food or a sample that is or relates to food;

  • (c) subsection 23(6), if the contravention of that subsection involves a conveyance in respect of which an inspector is exercising powers or performing duties or functions in relation to food;

  • (d) subsection 23(13), if the contravention of that subsection involves a place in which an inspector is exercising powers or performing duties or functions in relation to food;

  • (e) subsection 24(1), if the contravention of that subsection involves the obstruction or hindering of — or the making of a false or misleading statement to — an inspector who is carrying out duties or functions in relation to food;

  • (f) subsection 24(2), if the contravention of that subsection involves anything seized that is or relates to food; and

  • (g) subsection 27.3(2), if the contravention of that subsection involves measures that were ordered to be taken in relation to food.