R-19.1 - Act to regularize and provide for the development of local slaughterhouses

Section 43 Disposition versions

2009-07-01

43. To obtain a permit under subparagraph a.1 of the first paragraph of section 9 of the Food Products Act (chapter P-29), the applicant’s slaughterhouse must be laid out so as to preserve the safety of products and the sanitary conditions of the operation. It must have, in addition to the rooms, areas, equipment and systems described in sections 4 to 7,

(1)  a slaughtering room comprising a slaughtering area and a dressing area;

(2)  a ventilated room or area for receiving animals that is designed so as to prevent falls and injuries to animals and, if the animals received are of a species other than birds or rabbits, that is equipped with drinking and feeding facilities;

(3)  knife sterilization equipment in the slaughtering and dressing areas; and

(4)  a restraining cage in the slaughtering area for cattle, horses and animals of other species as is required when rendering such animals unconscious.

The applicant’s meat preparation plant must have the equipment described in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the third paragraph of section 4.

2009, c. 10, s. 43.