As a result of an investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), three charges have been laid under the Criminal Code, the Food and Drugs Act and the Canada Agricultural Products Act against Produits Vegkiss Inc. and Jean Otis of Joliette, Quebec.
The three charges allege that Produits Vegkiss Inc. and Jean Otis have:
- committed fraud over $5,000 contrary to subsection 380(1)(a) of the Criminal Code;
- sold food in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, merit or safety, which is a violation of subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act; and
- packaged a product in a container that has a label that misrepresents the quality, quantity, composition, nature, safety, value, origin or variety contrary to subsection 6(1) of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Regulations, committing an offence under the Canada Agricultural Products Act.
