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Part 13 · Monitoring and Enforcement

260. Presumption as to contents and labels

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, the contents of a package of food are presumed to conform with the description of the contents on the package’s label until the contrary is proved.

(2)

Any information on the outside or inside of any package of food, or on the label of a package of food, that identifies the person who imported, produced, sold, or manufactured the food in the package is presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.

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