Food and Drugs Act

Marginal note:Proof as to manufacturer or packager

• 36 (1) In a prosecution for a contravention of this Act or of the regulations made under this Part, proof that a package containing any article to which this Act or the regulations apply bore a name or address purporting to be the name or address of the person by whom it was manufactured or packaged is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the article was manufactured or packaged, as the case may be, by the person whose name or address appeared on the package.

• Marginal note:Offence by employee or agent

  (2) In a prosecution for a contravention described in subsection (1), it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the accused whether or not the employee or agent is identified or has been prosecuted for the offence.

• Marginal note:Certified copies

  (3) In a prosecution for a contravention described in subsection (1), a copy of or extract from a document, including electronic data, that is certified to be a true copy by the inspector who made or took it under paragraph 23(2)(c), (d) or (f), as the case may be, is admissible in evidence and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of its contents.

• Marginal note:Where accused had adulterating substances

  (4) Where a person is prosecuted under this Part for having manufactured an adulterated food or drug for sale, and it is established that the person had in his possession or on his premises any substance the addition of which to that food or drug has been declared by regulation to cause the adulteration of the food or drug, the onus of proving that the food or drug was not adulterated by the addition of that substance lies on the accused.