Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990 (SOR/90-288)

11. No liver shall be identified as edible unless the gall bladder, if any, is removed.

12. No blood or fraction thereof shall be identified as edible unless the blood is handled in accordance with section 52.

13. No gizzard shall be identified as edible unless the contents and the lining are removed and the gizzard is washed.

14. No meat product, other than a dressed carcass or portion of one, that contains a kidney of a mammal shall be identified as edible unless the kidney is deeply incised, soaked in water and washed before it is incorporated into the meat product.

• 15. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no meat product containing a urinary bladder, an intestine or any part of a urinary bladder or an intestine shall be identified as edible.

• (2) A urinary bladder or any part of an alimentary tract may be identified and used as a natural casing for a meat product if

  • (a) the contents and mucous lining thereof are removed and it is washed and tested for cleanliness;

  • (b) in the case of a urinary bladder, it is inverted and placed in brine for at least 12 hours and is subsequently rinsed with water; and

  • (c) the casing is clean.

16. No meat product packaged in an artificial casing shall be identified as edible unless the casing is prepared from collagen, cellulose or any other material free of any noxious constituent.

17. No animal fat shall be identified as edible unless the meat products used in its preparation include no inedible meat products and no heads or organs, other than organs included in the definition “meat” in subsection 2(1).

• 18. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no prepared meat product that contains pork shall be identified as edible unless it is heated, cured, frozen or otherwise treated in such a manner that all live trichinae therein are destroyed.

• (2) Side bacon, Wiltshire bacon, smoked pork jowls and any other prepared meat product that contains pork and does not have the appearance of having been cooked may be identified as edible without being treated in a manner described in subsection (1).

• (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a prepared meat product that contains pork that was found, using an official method of examination registered with the Director, to be free of trichinae.

19. No meat product derived from a carcass that is found to be affected by or to show evidence of cysticercus bovis shall be identified as edible unless the carcass is dealt with as set out in section 86 and the meat product is frozen or otherwise treated so as to destroy all viable larvae.