Livestock and Poultry Carcass Grading Regulations (SOR/92-541)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2007-05-03. Previous Versions

Grade Standards for Canada B2

52. The standards for a bison carcass of the grade Canada B2 are the following:

  • (a) the maturity characteristics set out in Schedule I to this Part;

  • (b) muscling that ranges from medium to excellent;

  • (c) Longissimus muscles that, 10 minutes after being exposed by knife-ribbing, have a colour ranging from dark red to bright red; and

  • (d) a fat covering that has a colour ranging from white to yellow.

  • SOR/95-129, s. 6;
  • SOR/2007-88, s. 10.
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Grade Standards for Canada B3

53. The standards for a bison carcass of the grade Canada B3 are the following:

  • (a) the maturity characteristics set out in Schedule I to this Part; and

  • (b) muscling that ranges from deficient to medium.

  • SOR/95-129, s. 6;
  • SOR/2007-88, s. 11.
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Grade Standards for Canada D1 and Canada D2

54. The standards for a bison carcass of the grade Canada D1 or Canada D2 are the following:

  • (a) the maturity characteristics set out in Schedule III to this Part;

  • (b) muscling that ranges from medium to excellent; and

  • (c) a fat thickness at the measurement site that

    • (i) ranges from 2 to 6 mm, in the case of the grade Canada D1, or

    • (ii) is greater than 6 mm, in the case of the grade Canada D2.

  • SOR/95-129, s. 6;
  • SOR/2007-88, s. 12.
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Grade Standards for Canada D3

54.1 The standards for a bison carcass of the grade Canada D3 are the following:

  • (a) the maturity characteristics set out in Schedule III to this Part; and

  • (b) a fat thickness at the measurement site that

    • (i) is less than 2 mm, in the case of a carcass with medium to excellent muscling, or

    • (ii) has no maximum, in the case of a carcass with less than medium muscling.

  • SOR/2007-88, s. 12.