Sources of Law for Restaurant Businesses in Canada

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Business Law

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I want to start my business rather than working for another corporation. I want to open
a new restaurant in Cranbrook (B.C.), Canada. In order to successfully run of my restaurant, I
have to comply with laws which govern the restaurant businesses in Canada. Following are
different sources of the law which apply to my restaurant business.
1. Food and Drug Act
This is a federal law in Canada which focuses on protecting food, cosmetics, therapeutics
and drugs which is implemented by the Parliament of Canada for governing production,
export, import, transport and sale of food, drugs, cosmetics and other products (British
Columbia, n.d.).
2. Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is a regulatory agency which is
implemented by the Ministry of Health to establish different policies and standards to
ensure that the safety and nutrition quality of food which is sold in Canada is high (Powell et
al., 2013).
3. Employee Standard Act of British Columbia
This is relevant legislation which is enacted the local government of British Columbia in
order to protect the rights of working people (WorkBC, 2018).
4. Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA)
This act prohibits any discrimination conducted by employers based on gender, age,
race, ethnicity or a number of other grounds. The act comes into force in 1985, and since
then many amendments have been made to the act to update it accordingly (Barnett,
Walker & Nicol, 2012).
5. Pest Control Products Act
This is a key act which is implemented by the government for human health and safety
by controlling the pests (Mason, Kabaluk, Spencer, & Gillespie, 2013).
The above-mentioned sources of law are relevant for restaurant businesses operating in
British Columbia to ensure that they maintained a standard for customer safety and did not