Market Ready Packaging Materials

If a plastic container is being used inside a cardboard master to hold berries and keep them in good condition during transport, does this plastic container need to be labelled?

In this case, the plastic containers would fall under ‘trays’ within the definition of packaging accessories. Packaging accessories are used to fasten,

If a plastic container is being used inside a cardboard master to hold berries and keep them in good condition during transport, does this plastic container need to be labelled?JosephA2021-08-11T12:51:25-04:00

What sort of identifying information (e.g., name, address) is required for the labelling of market ready packaging materials?

According to Section 17. Packaging Materials of the CanadaGAP manual, market ready packaging materials must be labelled with: The correct identifying information

What sort of identifying information (e.g., name, address) is required for the labelling of market ready packaging materials?JosephA2021-06-28T09:22:22-04:00

What is Lot Code?

Lot code is defined in the CanadaGAP Food Safety Manuals as: A code that can be used to identify a lot

What is Lot Code?JosephA2021-04-20T11:06:11-04:00

An operation that is packing puts a blue sticker with an X on it (in their records this indicates it was packed during the week of April 7-14) and writes ‘PJ’ (in their records, this represents the initials of the owner of the operation that produced the product) on their secondary packaging materials. Is this fulfilling the requirement for Pack ID?

Yes. The definition for Pack ID in the glossary is the following: “Information identifying 1) who produced the product and 2)

An operation that is packing puts a blue sticker with an X on it (in their records this indicates it was packed during the week of April 7-14) and writes ‘PJ’ (in their records, this represents the initials of the owner of the operation that produced the product) on their secondary packaging materials. Is this fulfilling the requirement for Pack ID?Amelia Balsillie2017-11-03T16:25:27-04:00

If product is labelled individually (e.g., with a barcode stamp or sticker corresponding to records within the operation that identify who produced the product and the packing date), does the box still need to be labelled with Pack ID?

No, in this situation the operation would not be required to have the Pack ID on the boxes. The requirement in

If product is labelled individually (e.g., with a barcode stamp or sticker corresponding to records within the operation that identify who produced the product and the packing date), does the box still need to be labelled with Pack ID?Amelia Balsillie2023-03-31T11:13:10-04:00