Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “approved waste disposal site” means a waste disposal site operating under an environmental compliance approval within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Act,
that permits the disposal of dead animals; (“lieu d’élimination des déchets autorisé”) “broker” means a person who engages in the business of obtaining meat obtained from regulated dead animals and distributing that meat; (“courtier”) “captive wildlife” means a member of a non-domesticated species of animal that is wild by nature and kept in captivity, but does not include a member of any species of animal described in paragraph 1 of subsection 2 (1); (“animal sauvage en captivité”) “captive wildlife establishment” means an establishment where captive wildlife is kept; (“établissement voué à la garde d’animaux sauvages en captivité”) “carrier” means a carrier within the meaning of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Environmental Protection Act; (“transporteur”) “cold storage” means storage in a location that has a continuous temperature of 4 degrees Celsius or less; (“entreposage frigorifique”) “collector” means a person who engages in the business of collecting deadstock from one location and transporting it to another location; (“ramasseur”) “composting” means all stages in the process of treating organic matter through aerobic decomposition by bacterial action to produce an end product of finished compost; (“compostage”) “composting facility” means a facility at which deadstock is composted but does not include, (a)  a place at which dead farm animals are composted in accordance with Ontario Regulation 106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, (b)  an approved waste disposal site, or (c)  a place, except a place that would otherwise fall within this definition, where a regional veterinarian, acting under the authority of clause 91 (3) (d) of Ontario Regulation 31/05 (Meat) made under the Act, permits inedible material under that regulation to be disposed of by composting; (“installation de compostage”) “composting material” means material for composting that contains only substrate and regulated dead animals; (“matières de compostage”) “cured compost” means compost that has been cured in accordance with section 77 and that satisfies the requirements set out in subsection 77 (4), but does not include finished compost; (“compost mûr”) “custodian” means a person who was responsible for the care of and had control over an animal that is deadstock immediately before the animal died but does not include an operator as defined in Ontario Regulation 106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, with respect to an animal the operator is required to dispose of under that regulation; (“gardien”) “deadstock” means an animal that is specified as deadstock under section 2; (“animal mort”) “denature” means to treat meat by giving it an appearance or character so that it cannot be mistaken for food for human beings; (“dénaturer”) “disposal facility” means a transfer station, salvaging facility, rendering facility or composting facility, the operator of which is a licensee; (“installation d’élimination”) “E. coli test” means the test provided for in clause 79 (2) (b); (“test de détection d’E. coli”) “facility” means any place that is used in any way for the purposes of the disposal of deadstock; (“installation”) “fallen animal” means an animal listed in paragraph 1 of subsection 2 (1) that has been disabled by disease, emaciation or another condition that is likely to cause its death; (“animal invalide”) “foreign matter test” means the test provided for in clause 79 (3) (c); (“test de détection de matières étrangères”) “frozen storage” means storage in a location that has a continuous temperature that is sufficient to maintain the dead animal in a frozen solid state; (“entreposage congelé”) “highway” has the same meaning as in the
Highway Traffic Act; (“voie publique”) “high water table”, in relation to land, means the highest level of water found in the ground, as recorded in the water well records for the nearest water wells to the land or as determined by a digging a test hole; (“nappe phréatique près de la surface du sol”) “licensed”, when used to describe a broker or collector, means that the broker or collector is a licensee; (“agréé”) “licensee” means the holder of a licence under this Regulation; (“titulaire de permis”) “meat”, except in clause 29 (c), means the raw meat of a regulated dead animal, and includes the bones, if any, in the raw meat; (“viande”) “poultry” means one or more of any of the following: 1.  Chickens. 2.  Turkeys. 3.  Geese. 4.  Ducks. 5.  Guinea fowl. 6.  Quail. 7.  Pigeons. 8.  Partridges. 9.  Pheasants; (“volaille”) “post mortem activity” means a post mortem examination, an investigation or a loss adjustment; (“activité post mortem”) “regulated dead animal” means, (a)  deadstock, (b)  any dead animal or part of a dead animal other than deadstock that is or has been transported by a collector or received by a transfer station, salvaging facility, rendering facility or composting facility, (c)  uncomposted residue that has been separated from cured compost, (d)  inedible material within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 31/05 (Meat) made under the Act that is or has been transported by a collector or received by a transfer station, salvaging facility, rendering facility or composting facility, and (e)  a condemned meat product or a meat product identified as inedible under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (Canada) or the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (Canada) that is or has been transported by a collector or received by a transfer station, salvaging facility, rendering facility or composting facility, but does not include a skin or hide once removed from a regulated dead animal, a rendered product, a salvaged product, finished compost, composting material or cured compost; (“cadavre d’animal réglementé”) “rendered products” means any products produced through the rendering of regulated dead animals, including fats and meals; (“produits d’équarrissage”) “rendering facility” means a facility at which deadstock is rendered by heating it into one or more rendered products; (“installation d’équarrissage”) “Salmonella test” means the test provided for in clause 79 (2) (a); (“test de détection de salmonelles”) “salvage” means, (a)  to feed regulated dead animals to captive wildlife, or (b)  to process regulated dead animals into one or more salvaged products; (“récupérer”) “salvaged products” means any saleable raw products obtained through the salvaging of regulated dead animals, including raw meat and fat, but not including skins and hides once the skin or hide is removed from the regulated dead animal; (“produits de récupération”) “salvaging facility” means a facility at which deadstock is received for the purpose of salvaging; (“installation de récupération”) “sanitize” means to clean for the purpose of controlling disease causing micro-organisms and “sanitized” and “sanitary” have corresponding meanings; (“assainir”, “assainissement”) “sell” includes to sell, to offer to sell, to agree to sell, to barter, to possess for the purposes of sale, to sell on consignment and to dispose of or to agree to dispose of by any method to any person for valuable consideration; (“vendre”) “sharp foreign matter test” means the test provided for in clause 79 (3) (b); (“test de détection de matières étrangères tranchantes”) “substrate” means one or more of the following materials: 1.  Sawdust, shavings or chips derived from wood that is clean, uncontaminated and has not been treated in any way or come into contact with any chemical. 2.  Straw consisting of dried stalks and leaves of cultivated grain, corn or beans. 3.  Clean hay or silage. 4.  A mixture of livestock bedding or poultry bedding, or any combination of the two, that contains only materials described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and manure, if the mixture is at least 30 per cent dry matter by weight. 5.  Subject to subsection 72 (2), composting material that has fully undergone initial composting in accordance with section 76; (“substrat”) “transfer station” means a facility at which deadstock is received for the sole purpose of temporarily storing it before it is sent to a permitted disposal destination; (“station de transfert”) “uncomposted residue” means uncomposted or partially composted soft tissue, feathers, bones, horn, teeth or any other carcass parts greater than 25 millimetres in diameter that remain in or are separated from cured compost; (“résidus non compostés”) “uncomposted residue test” means the test provided for in clause 79 (3) (a); (“test de détection de résidus non compostés”) “veterinarian” means a person licensed under the Veterinarians Act. (“vétérinaire”)  O. Reg. 105/09, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 258/11, s. 1; O. Reg. 715/20, s. 1. (2) When a collector transports composting material or regulated compost, or a composting facility receives composting material or regulated compost, as those terms are defined in Ontario Regulation 106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, from an operator as defined in that regulation, the material shall, for all purposes of this Regulation, be deemed to be composting material, as defined in this Regulation, that has not completed initial composting.  O. Reg. 105/09, s. 1 (2).