Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

B.08.002.2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell the normal lacteal secretion obtained from the mammary gland of the cow, genus Bos, or of any other animal, or sell a dairy product made with any such secretion, unless the secretion or dairy product has been pasteurized by being held at a temperature and for a period that ensure the reduction of the alkaline phosphatase activity so as to meet the tolerances specified in official method MFO-3, Determination of Phosphatase Activity in Dairy Products, dated November 30, 1981.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

• (a) cheese; or

• (b) any food that is sold for further manufacturing or processing in order to pasteurize it in the manner described in subsection (1).