Vol. 146, No. 7 — March 28, 2012

Registration

SOR/2012-38 March 7, 2012

CANADA GRAIN ACT

Regulations Amending the Canada Grain Regulations

The Canadian Grain Commission, pursuant to subsections 16(1) (see footnote a) and (2) (see footnote b) of the Canada Grain Act (see footnote c), hereby makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canada Grain Regulations.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 5, 2012

ELWIN HERMANSON
Chief Commissioner
JIM SMOLIK
Assistant Chief Commissioner
MURDOCH MACKAY
Commissioner

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE CANADA GRAIN REGULATIONS

AMENDMENT

1. Table 5 of Schedule 3 to the Canada Grain Regulations (see footnote 1) is replaced by the following:

TABLE 5

WHEAT, CANADA WESTERN FEED (CW)

Grade Name

Standard of Quality

Maximum Limits of

Minimum Test
Weight
kg/hL

Variety

Degree of Soundness

Foreign Material

Amber
Durum
or General Purpose

Matter
Other Than CerealGrains

Total

%

%

%

CW Feed

65

Any class or variety of
wheat excluding amber durum
and general purpose wheat

Reasonably
sweet, excluded
from other grades
of wheat on account
of damaged kernels

1

10

10

COMING INTO FORCE

2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

This change addresses a discrepancy with respect to Table 5 of Schedule 3 in the Canada Grain Regulations. The Canadian Grain Commission previously put forward amendments to Table 5 of Schedule 3 in 2008 (included with several amendments to other Tables). However, this amendment was inadvertently not included. It is required to confirm the tolerance limit for amber durum and general purpose class in Canada Western Feed wheat, and to be consistent with the Official Grain Grading Guide.

Table 5 — English and French

  • Amend the Amber Durum specification column to read “Amber Durum or General Purpose”.

Rationale

The Western Standards Committee (WSC) previously approved the new wheat class of Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP), and the WSC approved a motion by the Wheat, Rye and Triticale Committee that varieties being recommended for the CWGP class only be eligible for that class. The intrinsic value of the CWGP wheat is not desirable in milling quality wheat. Therefore, a tolerance is appropriate to limit the amount of CWGP class in grades of milling quality wheat.

This table comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

Footnote a
S.C. 1994, c. 45, s. 5

Footnote b
R.S., c. 37 (4th Supp.), s. 5

Footnote c
R.S., c. G-10

Footnote 1
C.R.C., c. 889; SOR/2000-213