Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Bovinae specified risk material

  matériel à risque spécifié de boviné

  Bovinae specified risk material means

  • (a) the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of animals of the sub-family Bovinae aged 30 months or older; and

  • (b) the distal ileum and tonsils of animals of the sub-family Bovinae of all ages. (matériel à risque spécifié de boviné)

  BSE slaughter process

  processus d’abattage approprié pour l’ESB

  BSE slaughter process means any process for slaughtering an animal other than a process in which the animal is subjected, before being slaughtered, to

  • (a) a stunning process in which a device is used to inject compressed air or gas into the animal’s cranial cavity; or

  • (b) a pithing process involving laceration, after stunning of the animal, of the animal’s central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument that is introduced into the animal’s cranial cavity. (processus d’abattage approprié pour l’ESB)

  feeder goats

  feeder goats[Repealed, SOR/2007-81, s. 1]

  feeder sheep

  feeder sheep[Repealed, SOR/2007-81, s. 1]

  meat product

  produit de viande

  meat product has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Meat Inspection Act. (produit de viande)

• Marginal note:Other words and expressions

  (2) Words and expressions used in these Regulations and not defined in the Health of Animals Act or these Regulations have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Health of Animals Regulations.

Prohibition

Marginal note:Prohibition on importation

• 2 (1) No person may import into Canada from the United States, during the period beginning on June 27, 2006 and ending on December 31, 2008, any of the following things:

  • (a) and (b) [Repealed, SOR/2007-81, s. 2]

  • (c) meat products derived from animals of the sub-family Bovinae if the animals were slaughtered by a process other than a BSE slaughter process or the Bovinae specified risk material was not removed from the carcasses of the animals, and things containing those meat products;

  • (d) meat products derived from animals of the species Capra hircus or Ovis aries aged 12 months or older, and things containing those meat products;

  • (e) ingredients derived from ruminants to be used in animal food, and animal food containing those ingredients;

  • (f) ingredients, other than manure, derived from ruminants to be used in fertilizer, and fertilizer containing those ingredients; and

  • (g) Bovinae specified risk material and things containing or derived from Bovinae specified risk material.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) [Repealed, SOR/2007-81, s. 2]

  • (b) things derived from animals that are imported for medical use, scientific research or zoological collections;

  • (c) to (e) [Repealed, SOR/2007-81, s. 2]

  • (f) an animal product, animal by-product or other organism in respect of which paragraph 51(b) of the Health of Animals Regulations applies that is imported into Canada under a permit issued under section 160 of those Regulations;

  • (g) products of a rendering plant imported into Canada under a permit issued under section 160 of the Health of Animals Regulations;

  • (h) meat products that originated in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay and that were processed in the United States;

  • (i) meat products that originated in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay and that are in transit through the United States;

  • (j) meat products to be transported to a community in the United States if the only practical transportation route for the meat products is either a land or a water route through Canada, taking into account the location of the community and the time required to transport them;

  • (k) meat products to be transported non-stop in Canada and to be delivered to a cruise ship for use as ships’ stores;

  • (l) meat products that are kept on a ship as ships’ stores;

  • (m) a food containing a meat product that is of insignificant quantity having regard to the nature of the food and the nature of the meat product in the food;

  • (n) meat products to be used for personal consumption if the total weight of the meat products is 5 kg or less;

  • (o) milk or milk derivatives;

  • (p) a hide or skin to be used as raw material for manufacturing products for human consumption if the hide or skin does not come from the head of an animal;

  • (q) hides or skins that are not for human consumption and derivatives of those hides or skins;

  • (r) wool or derivatives of wool;

  • (s) things that are produced by subjecting bones and tissues, other than Bovinae specified risk material, to rigorous processes of extraction and purification;

  • (t) finished pet chews, such as dried processed ears, pizzles, hooves or tendons, that do not contain, and are not derived from, Bovinae specified risk material;

  • (u) finished pet chews, such as dried processed ears, pizzles, hooves or tendons, that do not contain, and are not derived from, any part of the vertebral column of animals of the sub-family Bovinae other than the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum;

  • (v) commercially prepared pet food that does not contain ingredients derived from animals of the sub-family Bovinae;

  • (w) commercially prepared pet food that contains ingredients derived from animals of the sub-family Bovinae if

    • (i) the ingredients are not derived from Bovinae specified risk material, or

    • (ii) the animals from which the ingredients are derived originated in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay;

  • (x) protein-free tallow with a maximum level of insoluble impurities of 0.15% by weight, or derivatives made from it;

  • (y) tallow derived from the carcasses of animals of the sub-family Bovinae if the animals were slaughtered by a BSE slaughter process and the Bovinae specified risk material was removed from the carcasses, or derivatives of the tallow;

  • (z) dicalcium phosphate derived from the carcasses of animals of the sub-family Bovinae if the animals were slaughtered by a BSE slaughter process and the Bovinae specified risk material was removed from the carcasses;

  • (z.1) household garbage from the United States containing protein from an animal;

  • (z.2) aircraft garbage or ship’s refuse, as defined in subsection 47.1(1) of the Health of Animals Regulations; or

  • (z.3) animal food to be fed to sled dogs participating in an official competition taking place north of the 60th parallel.

Repeal

3 [Repeal]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Coming into force

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.