Fish Inspection Regulations (C.R.C., c. 802)
PART I
GENERAL
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply only in respect of fish and containers intended for export or import.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and 6(4), these Regulations do not apply to
(a) fish that is imported or exported for personal consumption or use; or
(b) a food that meets the following specifications, namely,
(i) the food is a mixture of a fish product and a meat product,
(ii) the food is commonly recognized as a meat product, having regard to
(A) the relative proportions and type of the fish and meat ingredients present in the food,
(B) the common name of the food,
(C) the type of processing applied to the fish and meat ingredients, and
(D) the historical recognition of the food as a meat product,
(iii) the food is processed in an establishment registered in accordance with the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990 or a foreign establishment authorized to export meat products to Canada in accordance with those Regulations, and
(iv) the fish product used in the preparation of the food originates from an establishment registered in accordance with these Regulations or the fish product has been imported into Canada in compliance with these Regulations.
(3) Section 9.1 applies to fish that has been caught in accordance with a recreational or sport fishing licence issued under the Fisheries Act and that is to be exported for personal consumption or use to an importing country that requires that the fish be accompanied by an inspection certificate issued by the exporting country.
- SOR/86-213, s. 2;
- SOR/98-2, s. 2;
- SOR/2002-435, s. 1;
- SOR/2009-314, s. 2.
3.1 No person shall prepare in a registered establishment a food that is a mixture of a fish product and a meat product unless
(a) the establishment is also registered in accordance with the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990; or
(b) the food is exempt from the application of sections 7 to 9 of the Meat Inspection Act because of paragraph 3(1)(l) of the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990.
- SOR/2002-435, s. 2.
4. All fish are subject to inspection and an inspector may take samples of fish free of charge for the purpose of inspection.
5. The owner of fish or a person acting on his behalf shall make readily accessible to an inspector any fish or containers for which inspection or reinspection is required under these Regulations.