P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 11.2.4 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

11.2.4. A dairy producer’s dairy barn must meet the following requirements:

(1)  the floor must

(a)  be of hard, smooth, washable and impervious material;

(b)  be free of stagnant water; and

(c)  not be slatted if milking takes place in the dairy barn;

(2)  ramps and platforms must be of washable impervious material;

(3)  gutters and aisles must be of hard, smooth, washable and impervious material;

(4)  mangers and water troughs must be of hard, smooth, washable and impervious material and the water troughs must be supplied with potable water;

(5)  the dairy barn must be laid out and maintained to prevent the entry, nesting or breeding of insects, birds, rodents or other pests;

(6)  the dairy barn must be ventilated to eliminate condensation and odours that could affect the milk;

(7)  the dairy barn must have an artificial lighting system providing a luminous intensity of at least 20 decalux at the level of the animals’ udders in the areas where milking takes place and having a protective device to prevent contamination of the milk in the event of failure of the system;

(8)  if males or young animals are housed in the dairy barn, it must have separate stalls or pens for them; and

(9)  if the animals are not tied, the dairy barn must have a milking parlour, a milking area or a robotic milking system.

A dairy producer that, on 30 July 2008, houses goats or sheep in a dairy barn with a dirt floor has 5 years after that date to bring the barn into conformity with the standards set out in subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of section 11.2.4. (O.C. 741-2008, s. 16)

O.C. 741-2008, s. 15.