Meat Inspection Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 25 (1st Supp.))

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Act current to 2012-01-24 and last amended on 2005-12-12. Previous Versions
  •  (1) No person shall advertise or sell or have in his possession for any such purpose an imported meat product that

    • (a) has been imported into Canada in contravention of subsection 9(1); or

    • (b) has not been delivered to a registered establishment for inspection as required by subsection 9(2).

  • (2) No person shall advertise or sell or have in his possession for any such purpose a meat product

    • (a) that has been sent or conveyed from one province to another, or

    • (b) to which the meat inspection legend has been applied or in connection with which the meat inspection legend has been used,

    unless the meat product complies with prescribed standards and is packaged and labelled in the manner prescribed.

  •  (1) In any proceedings for a violation or for an offence under paragraph 5(b) or 6(b) or section 10, an accused found in possession of a meat product that did not comply with any provision of this Act or the regulations shall be deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have had possession of the meat product for the purpose of advertising or selling it.

  • (2) The presumption under subsection (1) does not apply to a person in possession of a meat product for the person’s own consumption.

  • R.S., 1985, c. 25 (1st Supp.), s. 11;
  • 1995, c. 40, s. 65.

ENFORCEMENT

  •  (1) The President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency may designate under section 13 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act the inspectors and analysts for the purposes of this Act.

  • (1.1) The President of the Canada Border Services Agency may designate inspectors under paragraph 9(2)(b) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act for the purposes of enforcing this Act.

  • (2) Inspectors shall be given certificates in a form established by the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, as the case may be, attesting to their designation and, on entering any place or vehicle referred to in subsection 13(1), an inspector shall, if so required, produce the certificate to the person in charge of that place or vehicle.

  • R.S., 1985, c. 25 (1st Supp.), s. 12;
  • 1997, c. 6, s. 73;
  • 2005, c. 38, s. 122.