Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990

26 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every operator shall ensure that no meat product is identified in a registered establishment for use as animal food unless

• (a) it is harvested and handled in a registered establishment;

• (a.1) it is not derived from, and does not contain, specified risk material in any form, whether or not incorporated into another thing, that originated in Canada or in a country, or a part of a country, other than a country or part of a country that is designated under section 7 of the Health of Animals Regulations as posing a negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy;

• (b) an official veterinarian has determined that its use as animal food would not pose a risk to the health of any animal that consumes it; and

• (c) it is denatured.

(2) A meat product, other than a condemned meat product, may be identified in a registered establishment for use as animal food without being denatured if it is not likely to be mistaken for an edible meat product.