Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations (SOR/2002-22)

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Regulations are current to 2024-10-30 and last amended on 2024-05-08. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 2(Paragraphs 5(3)(d) and (e) and subparagraph 5(3)(i.01)(vii))

1 The following coefficients apply to the calculation of the live weight equivalent of chicken marketed:

Item	Column 1	Column 2
Item	Product Category	Full Live Weight Coefficient (%)
1	Live birds	100
2	Whole eviscerated birds without giblets	150
3	Leg quarters	125
4	Whole wings (3 joints)	150
5	Bone-in breasts	200
6	Boneless breasts	400
7	Drums/thighs	125
8	Boneless dark meat	200
9	Split wings (2 joints)	175

2 The chicken meat component that is derived from mechanically separated meat and the meat that is processed by advanced meat recovery systems do not qualify in the calculation of the live weight equivalent in section 1 of this Schedule.
3 The chicken or its live weight equivalent must be marketed in interprovincial or export trade to any buyers and for any end-uses, except that if the chicken, or its live weight equivalent, that is in a product category set out in item 3, 7 or 8, column 1 of the table to section 1 is marketed in interprovincial trade, it must be marketed to a person who has been issued a Market Development Policy Volume Confirmation letter by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, for one or more end-uses specified in the letter.