Ontario. Food Industry Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Food Industry Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Food Industry Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1990-

      History

      The division was created in 1990 within the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food as a result of the splitting of functions of the Marketing and Standards Division.

      The division is divided into a number of branches. In 1991 the division was responsible for the Food Industry Competitiveness Branch and the Market Development Branch. In 1994, the division was additionally responsible for the Meat Industry Inspection and the Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable Industries Inspection branches, which later became the Food Inspection Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Food Industry Division is responsible for ensuring the implementation of food safety, regulatory and inspection strategies. It is responsible for expanding Ontario food and agricultural sales in export and domestic markets, and providing support to the processing industry through technology transfer, joint ventures and investor attraction.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      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. Food Industry Division

      Dates of relationship

      1990-1994

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (1994-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA69

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs controls Ontario. Food Industry Division

      Dates of relationship

      1994-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Marketing and Standards (1986-1990)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1949

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Marketing and Standards is the predecessor of Ontario. Food Industry Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1919

      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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          Sources

          Kwic Indexes: 1995, 2004; Ministry of Agriculture annual reports: 89-90, 90-91, 91-92.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Aston; Hopp