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OFF-GRADE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
DEF

[Said of a product that is] of less than the required or normal quality or size.

CONT

It is not uncommon to see large amounts of unharvested fruit left on trees or rotting on the ground. Farmers consider this fruit waste because they know it will be deemed off-grade for not meeting aesthetic specifications for shape or colour.

Key term(s)
  • sub-standard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
CONT

Cette entreprise est née du désir de réduire le gaspillage alimentaire à la source, en redistribuant les légumes déclassés (difformes, trop gros ou trop petits, carottes cassées, etc.) ou en surplus dans les entrepôts.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
OBS

Grades of grain are defined in written form in the Canada Grain Regulations and the Off-Grades of Grain and Grades of Screenings Order.

OBS

Terms used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Les grades de grain sont définis dans le Règlement sur les grains du Canada et dans l'Arrêté sur les grains hors-grades et les grades de criblures.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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