Milk Control Board of Ontario

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Milk Control Board of Ontario

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Milk Control Board of Ontario

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Milk Control Board

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1934-1957

    History

    The Milk Control Board of Ontario was established in 1934 in the Department of Agriculture, it formed part of the Dairy Branch. In 1954 the provincial government passed the Milk Industry Act. This act consolidated the provisions of various acts relating to the dairy industry into one act. The Milk Control Board of Ontario continued to regulate the marketing of fluid milk and a new board, the Milk Products Board of Ontario, was established to regulate the production and manufacture of milk products. In 1957 the Milk Control Board of Ontario and the Milk Producers Board of Ontario were merged into a single agency, the Milk Industry Board of Ontario.

    Places

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Milk Control Board of Ontario was responsible for the control and regulation of the milk industry in Ontario. The Board's duties included the licensing of milk distributors, the approval of agreements between milk producers and distributors and the handling of issues that arose within the milk industry.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1888-1966)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA59

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture controls Milk Control Board of Ontario

    Dates of relationship

    1934-1957

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Milk Industry Board of Ontario (1957-1965)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1178

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Milk Industry Board of Ontario is the successor of Milk Control Board of Ontario

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Subject access points

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1177

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1934-1957

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24


        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer