Amendments to the Canada Grain Regulations – ‘Final Quality Determination’ provisions
Enabling act
Description
Final Quality Determination is an important producer protection tool for arbitrating disputes between producers and licensed primary elevator operators who cannot otherwise agree on a grade or dockage for a delivery of grain.
The proposed regulatory amendment would extend the ‘Final Quality Determination’ service to include certain other grain quality characteristics that are not official grading determinants. Final Quality Determination can be used by producers to dispute the assessment of any regulated grain’s official grade or any individual grading determinant, such as moisture, protein, or dockage. However, this service cannot currently be used to dispute grain delivery contract specifications that are not listed in Schedule 3 of the Canada Grain Regulations as grading determinants for that grain, such as Falling Number, deoxynivalenol (DON) and chlorophyll. Minor amendments are also proposed that would clarify other operational aspects of the Final Quality Determination service.
Potential impacts on Canadians, including businesses
Extending the Final Quality Determination service to include other grain quality characteristics that affect the dependability of grain and clarifying other operational aspects of the service would improve predictability for producers and improve transparency with licensees, while keeping pace with the operational realities of grain delivery. The costs of the proposal to all stakeholder groups, including the Canadian Grain Commission, are anticipated to be minimal.
Regulatory cooperation efforts (domestic and international)
Not applicable.
Consultations
Formal consultations with impacted stakeholders are planned in 2027. It is anticipated a regulatory proposal would be pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I in 2028 for public consultation.
Further information
Further information on this proposal can be requested from the Canadian Grain Commission.
Contact information
Rémi Gosselin
Acting Manager, Policy, Planning and Reporting
remi.gosselin@grainscanada.gc.ca
Tel: 204-227-8276 / TTY: 1-866-317-4289
The date the regulatory initiative was first included in the Forward Regulatory Plan
April 1, 2023