P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 7.4.9 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

7.4.9. Prohibition of operations respecting inedible meat: The carrying out of operations respecting inedible meat held by the operator of a dismembering plant or a salvager is subject to the following prohibitions:

(a)  in the case of the dismembering plant operated under a “depot” category permit, inedible meat must be held without being dismembered or boned and only meat that has not been dismembered or boned or carcasses cut in quarters may be held there;

(b)  in the case of the plant mentioned in paragraph a, dismembering, boning, grinding, or mincing operations are prohibited and the same applies to cutting up operations other than the cutting into pieces of animal carcasses or half or quarter carcasses;

(c)  in the case of the plant mentioned in paragraph a, preservation, shipping or delivery operations for unskinned and uneviscerated animal carcasses are prohibited and only skinned and eviscerated animal carcasses may be held there;

(d)  in the case of a dismembering plant operated under a “relay” category permit, skinning, evisceration, dismembering, boning, cutting up, grinding, mincing, preparation, or processing operations or any other treatment are prohibited;

(e)  in the case of the plant mentioned in paragraph d, the operations for collecting inedible meat mentioned in paragraph A of section 7.1.1 or for receiving the meat delivered by a person other than the operator of a dismembering plant holding a permit of the “depot” category or a salvager are prohibited;

(f)  in the case of the dismembering plant operated under a “rendering plant”, “animal food cannery”, “general preparation” or “special preparation” category permit, dismembering or boning operations are prohibited;

(g)  in the case of the dismembering plant operated under an “animal food cannery”, “general preparation” or “special preparation” category permit, the operations for collecting or receiving animal carcasses are prohibited;

(h)  in the case of a dismembering plant operated under a “general preparation” category permit, cutting up operations are prohibited;

(i)  in the case of the dismembering plant operated under a “boning” category permit, grinding, mincing or mixing operations are prohibited and it is also prohibited to bone meat in pieces bigger than 4.5 kg and only meat boned in pieces bigger than 4.5 kg may be held therein;

(j)  in the case of the plant mentioned in paragraph i, the operation of receiving unskinned and uneviscerated animal carcasses shipped or delivered by the operator of a dismembering plant holding a “depot” category permit is prohibited and the receiving of inedible meat from a salvager is also prohibited;

(k)  in the case of the dismembering plant operated under a “raw meat” category permit, the sales, shipping and delivery operations of inedible meat are prohibited;

(l)  in the case of a salvager, skinning, eviscerating, dismembering, boning, cutting up, grinding, mincing, preparation or processing operations or any other treatment are prohibited;

(m)  in the case of the dismembering plant operated under a “composting” category permit, sales, shipping and delivery operations in relation to inedible meat are prohibited.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-29, r. 1, s. 7.4.9; O.C. 1122-2004, s. 15; O.C. 477-2010, s. 1.