P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 9.2.3.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

9.2.3.1. A sea food products cannery operated under a permit prescribed in section 1.3.5.A.7 must contain:

(1)  a receiving room including:

(a)  a refrigerated chamber at a temperature between 0ºC and 4ºC for keeping sea food products refrigerated before canning and, where appropriate, a refrigerated chamber at a maximum temperature of -23ºC, arranged for keeping, in separate divisions:

i.  frozen sea food products, whole or in portions, intended for canning for human consumption;

ii.  packaged and frozen food products, other than sea food products, intended for use in manufacturing sea-food-product-based canned goods for human consumption;

(b)  an area for cleaning, disinfecting and storing bins;

(2)  a canning room for treating and canning sea food products including:

(a)  an area for commercial sterilization;

(b)  an area for cleaning and disinfecting equipment used in canning sea food products;

(3)  a room or compartment for storing salt, spices and other additives or preservatives;

(4)  a refrigerated room or compartment at a maximum temperature of 7ºC for keeping remains of sea food products not intended for human consumption;

(5)  a room or compartment for storing packaging materials;

(6)  a room for storing canned sea food products;

(7)  sanitary rooms including a restroom with drinking fountains, washbasins, cloakrooms and toilets for the use of the operator’s employees;

(8)  a machines room separated from the other rooms and containing an area for installing heating appliances, compressors and electric distribution panels and an area for repair and mechanical maintenance of equipment;

(9)  a compartment used for storing cleaning, disinfecting and sanitation materials and pesticides;

(10)  a room reserved exclusively for an inspector.

The room or compartment prescribed in subparagraph 4 need not be refrigerated where the remains of sea food products not intended for human consumption are removed daily.

A sea food products cannery need not contain the room or compartment prescribed in subparagraph 4 where the remains of sea food products not intended for human consumption are removed from the plant regularly by a continuous process.

A sea food products cannery need not contain the room prescribed in subparagraph 10 where the operator makes another room available for an inspector.

A sea food products cannery need not contain the area prescribed by subparagraph b of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph where such cannery contains a room for cleaning, disinfecting and storing bins.

O.C. 1055-82, s. 14; O.C. 397-88, s. 17; O.C. 669-90, s. 4; O.C. 1305-93, s. 23; O.C. 725-94, s. 57.