Ontario. Food Processing Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Food Processing Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Food Processing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1982-1990

      History

      The Food Processing Branch was established in 1982 in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food as part of the Marketing Division. In 1990 the Food Processing Branch was replaced with the Food Industry Competitiveness Branch within the Food Industry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The role of the Food Processing Branch was to help develop value-added processing of Ontario grown agricultural products, particularly in areas where it could replace imports and create export opportunities. The branch also administered grant and loan programs to the food processing industry.

      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 Processing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1982-1990

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Food Industry Competitiveness Branch (1990-1998)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1174

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Food Industry Competitiveness Branch is the successor of Ontario. Food Processing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Centre for Farm Machinery and Food Processing Technology (1983-1989)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA135

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Centre for Farm Machinery and Food Processing Technology is the predecessor of Ontario. Food Processing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1175

      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, 1982-1990.

          KWIC Index to Services, 1988.

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.


          Archivist(s):
          Lisa Singer