Exemptions
 2.1 (1) Despite the definition of “freestanding meat plant” in subsection 1 (1), this Regulation does not apply to the following premises:  1. Premises at which a business carries on the activities of both a freestanding meat plant and a food service premise as defined in Ontario Regulation 493/17 (Food Premises) made under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, if the majority of the business conducted at the premises, as determined under subsection (2), results from the activities associated with a food service premise. 2. Premises at which the only types of meat products produced are the following types of meat products: i. Sandwiches that include meat as an ingredient. ii. Pizzas that include meat as an ingredient. iii. Edible oil or fat, being the oil or fat derived from a food animal and that is produced for human consumption. iv. Bouillon, being a broth which may or may not be dehydrated and that is derived from a food animal. v. Any other meat product if the amount of meat contained in it constitutes 25 per cent or less by weight of the product’s total ingredients. 3. Premises at which a business produces meat products using only Category 1 activities described in subsection 1 (2) if, i. in the case of a business that has been in operation for at least one fiscal year, the amount of meat products sold or distributed by the business to persons other than consumers in the business’ preceding fiscal year did not exceed the greater of, A. 25 per cent, measured by weight, of the meat products sold or distributed by the business in its preceding fiscal year, and B. 20,000 kilograms of meat products, and ii. in the case of a business that has been in operation for less than one fiscal year, the amount of meat products that the business expects to sell or distribute to persons other than consumers in its first fiscal year does not exceed the greater of, A. 25 per cent, measured by weight, of the meat products the business expects to sell or distribute in its first fiscal year, and B. 20,000 kilograms of meat products.  O. Reg. 285/13, s. 2; O. Reg. 505/17, s. 1. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), the majority of the business conducted at premises described in that paragraph is deemed to result from activities associated with a food service premise if, (a) in the business’ preceding fiscal year, the sale or service of meals or meal portions prepared for immediate consumption or sold or served in a form that will permit immediate consumption on the premises or elsewhere accounted for over 50 per cent of the sales made from the premises as measured by, (i) the dollar value of the total sales made by the business, or (ii) the total weight of meat products sold by the business; or (b) in the case of a business that has been in operation for less than one fiscal year, in the business’ first fiscal year, the projected sales or services of meals or meal portions prepared for immediate consumption or expected to be sold or served in a form that will permit immediate consumption on the premises or elsewhere is expected to equal over 50 per cent of the sales projected to be made from the premises as measured by, (i) the dollar value of the total sales expected to be made by the business, or (ii) the total weight of meat products expected to be sold by the business. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 2. PART II   Restrictions on SALE of meat and related actIvities