Ontario. Dairy Inspection Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dairy Inspection Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Dairy Inspection Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Milk Inspection Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1982-1993

    History

    The Dairy Inspection Branch was established in 1982 in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food when the Farm Products Quality Branch divided to form the Dairy Inspection Branch and the Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Branch. The new branch became part of the Quality and Standards Division. It later became part of Laboratory and Inspection Services (1990-1993). The branch was dissolved in 1993 and its responsibilities were absorbed by the newly created Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable Industries Inspection Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Dairy Inspection Branch was responsible for ensuring that milk marketed in Ontario was produced under acceptable sanitary conditions and met with quality standards.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1972-1994)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA68

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food controls Ontario. Dairy Inspection Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1982-1993

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Farm Products Quality Branch (1979-1982)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1173

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Farm Products Quality Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Dairy Inspection Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1171

    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

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1982-1993

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24


        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer