In this Chapter:
agricultural good means:
(a) an animal, a plant or an animal or plant product; or
(b) a product, including any food or drink, wholly or partly derived from an animal or a plant; but does not include fish or fish products or alcoholic beverages;
conformity assessment procedure means a procedure used, directly or indirectly, to determine that relevant requirements in technical regulations or standards are fulfilled. Conformity assessment procedures include, inter alia, procedures for sampling, testing and inspection; evaluation, verification and assurance of conformity; registration, accreditation and approval as well as their combinations.
food good means an article manufactured, sold or represented for use as food or drink for humans, chewing gum, and any ingredient that may be mixed with food for any purpose whatever, but does not include fish or fish products or alcoholic beverages;
Ministers mean the respective Ministers of Agriculture of the Parties;
provincially regulated marketing board means a board or agency authorized under the law of a province to exercise powers of regulation in relation to the marketing of any agricultural product locally within the province
sanitary and phytosanitary measure means a measure applied to:
(a) protect animal or plant life or health within the territory of the Party from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms;
(b) protect human or animal life or health within the territory of the Party from risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs;
(c) protect human life or health within the territory of the Party from risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests;
(d) prevent or limit other damage within the territory of the Party from the entry, establishment or spread of pests; and
(e) includes inter alia, end product criteria; processes and production methods; testing, inspection, certification and approval procedures; quarantine treatments including relevant requirements associated with the transport of animals or plants, or with the materials necessary for their survival during transport; provisions on relevant statistical methods, sampling procedures and methods of risk assessment; and packaging and labelling requirements directly related to food safety;
standard means a document approved by a recognized Body including those accredited by Canada’s National Standards System, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. It may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labelling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method.
technical measure means a measure that is a technical regulation, a standard, a sanitary or phytosanitary measure or a conformity assessment procedure but does not include purchasing specifications prepared for production or consumption requirements of a Party that are addressed in Chapter Five (Procurement), according to the coverage of that Chapter.
technical regulation means a document or instrument of a legislative nature which defines product characteristics or their related processes and production methods, including the applicable administrative provisions, with which compliance is mandatory by law. It may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labelling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method.