(a) prescribing standards of quality and grades;
(b) respecting inspection, grading, packing, labelling, branding and marking and the manner of doing so;
(c) prescribing types, size and specifications of packages, packing material and methods of packing;
(d) respecting shipping and transporting;
(e) prescribing the quantity, quality, grade or class that may be shipped or transported;
(f) providing for the establishment of standards for the marketing of poultry on a basis of dressed grades;
(g) prescribing the manner in which the seller or shipper shall identify lots of individual producers for grading purposes;
(h) prescribing the manner in which a receiver shall make returns and prepare for presentation to the seller or shipper statements of account, and providing for the investigation of the statements and the transactions represented by them;
(i) prescribing the manner in which a co-operative association, commission merchant or broker shall keep account of money received in respect of sales, and the form of the statements of account of the sales to be returned to the shipper, and providing for the investigation of the statements or the transactions represented by them;
(j) prescribing fees for grading and inspection services;
(k) prescribing the places or areas where and the time when regulations made under this section shall come into force;
(l) prescribing measures respecting sanitation in, on or adjacent to premises within the scope of this Act or the regulations;
(m) providing for the issuing, renewal, cancellation, or suspension of licences, certificates, or registrations;
(n) prescribing the form of certificates issued under the regulations;
(o) prescribing the manner in which samples may be taken;
(p) requiring a person or class of persons in the grading of poultry or poultry products to obtain a certificate upon those terms and conditions that may, in the public interest, be considered necessary;
(q) requiring a person or class of persons in shipping or transporting to register with the department and prescribing the terms and conditions upon which, in the public interest, the registration may be granted;
(r) respecting the advertising of poultry or poultry products for which grades have been prescribed;
(s) respecting records to be kept and reports to be made to the department by persons processing, grading, shipping or transporting;
(t) permitting registration under a Canada Poultry Improvement Program by a hatchery operator regardless of capacity in a part of the province;
(u) prescribing a program to be known as the Poultry Improvement Program for the improvement of poultry stock and the eradication of disease in poultry;
(v) prescribing the standards and grades of poultry and hatcheries;
(w) prescribing where and when a Canada Poultry Improvement Program and rules relating to it shall be in force;
(x) prescribing the types, sizes, specifications, labelling and marking of packages used by a hatchery operator for the marketing of chicks;
(y) prescribing measures for sanitation in or adjacent to hatcheries;
(z) prescribing measures for inspection, banding, and marketing of poultry;
(aa) prescribing the method of applying the pullorum test and the period during which it shall be considered effective;
(bb) requiring hatchery operators to register with the department annually the names and addresses of persons who act as their agents in the marketing of poultry;
(cc) requiring hatchery operators and their agents to keep available for inspection adequate records of the production and marketing of poultry and submit to the department the information relating to the production and marketing that the minister may require; and
(dd) generally, to give effect to the purpose of this Act.