ontario regulation 230/05

made under the

farm products grades and sales act

Made: May 9, 2005
Filed: May 19, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 4, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 685/94

(Beef)

1. (1) The definition of “carcass” in section 1 of Ontario Regulation 685/94 is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

“carcass” means the carcass of an animal of the bovine species that weights 150 kg or more and has been slaughtered and dressed as beef, but does not include,

. . . . .

(2) Clause (b) of the definition of “carcass” in section 1 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or the Meat Inspection Act (Ontario) or any regulation made under either of them” at the end and substituting “the regulations made under that Act or the meat regulation”.

(3) The definition of “establishment” in section 1 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “a plant operated pursuant to a licence issued under the Meat Inspection Act (Ontario)” and substituting “a slaughter plant within the meaning of the meat regulation operated by a licensee under that regulation”.

(4) Section 1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definition:

“meat regulation” means Ontario Regulation 31/05 (Meat) made under the Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001;

2. Subsection 6 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Meat Inspection Act (Ontario)” and substituting “the meat regulation”.

3. Subsection 14 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) Every person who is licensed under the meat regulation to operate a meat plant within the meaning of that regulation or who operates a registered establishment within the meaning of the Meat Inspection Act (Canada) or a premises where meat products are produced, processed, handled or stored but no animals are slaughtered, shall ensure that cuts of beef do not leave the meat plant, the registered establishment or the premises, as the case may be, unless they are packed in containers marked with the information described in subsection (2) or are accompanied with documentation of the information described in subsection (2).

4. This Regulation comes into force on June 1, 2005.

Made by:

Steve Peters

Minister of Agriculture and Food

Date made: May 9, 2005.