O. Reg. 602/00: MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

 

ONTARIO regulation 602/00

made under the

Milk Act

Made: November 15, 2000
Filed: November 16, 2000

Amending Reg. 761 of R.R.O. 1990

(Milk and Milk Products)

1. Section 58 of Regulation 761 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

58. (1) The agreement referred to in this section is the agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the marketing board and the Ontario Dairy Council, dated Friday, October 27, 2000, which is available for inspection by the public at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs at 1 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 4Y2.

(2) The fees payable to the laboratory conducting the test for the sampling and testing of milk are payable by the marketing board and by the operators of plants to which milk is supplied, in an amount equal to the total of the following costs, as described in Schedule A to the agreement:

1. 70 per cent of the cost of sampling milk.

2. 100 per cent of the cost of testing milk for compositional analysis.

(3) Where milk is supplied to a plant, one-half of the fee payable under subsection (2) shall be paid by the marketing board and one-half by the operator of the plant.

(4) Every operator of a plant to which milk is supplied shall pay to the marketing board the fraction of the total fees payable under subsection (2) by all operators that is proportional to the amount of milk supplied to the operator, compared to the amount of milk supplied to all operators.

(5) In addition to the fees payable under subsection (2), the marketing board shall pay to the laboratory that is testing milk for somatic cell counts an amount equal to 20 per cent of the total annual costs for conducting such tests, as described in Schedule A to the agreement.

(6) The marketing board shall remit to the laboratory the fees received from plant operators and the fees payable by the marketing board under this section, at the time and in the manner set out in the agreement.

58.1 (1) Despite subsection 58 (2), from December 1, 2000 to November 30, 2001, the fees payable by the marketing board and the operators to the laboratory conducting tests for the sampling and testing of milk shall be in the amount equal to the industry share of the following costs, as described in the addendum:

1. The cost of sampling milk.

2. The cost of testing milk for compositional analysis.

(2) Despite subsection 58 (5), from December 1, 2000 to November 30, 2001, in addition to the fees payable under subsection (1), the marketing board shall pay to the laboratory that is testing milk for somatic cells the amount described in the addendum as the marketing board’s share of the total annual costs for conducting such tests.

(3) Subsections 58 (3) and (4) apply to the fees payable by the marketing board and the operators under subsection (1).

(4) The marketing board shall remit to the laboratory the fees received from plant operators and the fees payable by the marketing board under this section, at the time and in the manner set out in the agreement described in subsection 58 (1).

(5) In this section,

“addendum” means the addendum to Schedule A to the agreement described in subsection 58 (1).

 

Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission:

Rod Stork

Chair

Gloria Marco Borys

Secretary

Dated on November 15, 2000.