Separate facilities for inedible material
 22. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a slaughter plant shall have a separate room known as the inedible materials room in which all inedible material at the plant, other than inedible material that is intended as, or for use in, pet food or intended for pharmaceutical, research or therapeutic purposes, shall be processed, packaged, labelled and stored. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13. (2) A slaughter plant is not required to have an inedible materials room if, (a) all inedible material referred to in subsection (1) that is generated at the plant on any given day is not processed at the plant but is, (i) stored in an area of the plant that is separate from the area in which meat products are processed, packaged, labelled and stored, and (ii) removed from the plant in accordance with the procedures established by the operator of the plant under section 85 or otherwise disposed of in accordance with section 91, (A) before the start of operations on the next day at the plant, or (B) if the plant does not open for operations on the next day, within 24 hours of the end of the day on which the inedible material was generated; and (b) the procedures established by the operator of the plant under section 85 ensure that inedible material stored in the separate area described in clause (a) will not contaminate meat products that are processed, packaged and labelled at the plant. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13. (3) A freestanding meat plant shall have either or both of the following types of facilities for the purpose of processing, packaging, labelling and storing all inedible material at the plant, other than inedible material that is intended as, or for use in, pet food or intended for pharmaceutical, research or therapeutic purposes: 1. A separate room known as the inedible materials room. 2. An area of the meat plant that is separate from the area in which meat products are processed, packaged, labelled and stored. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13. (4) The determination as to whether a freestanding meat plant will have either or both of the types of facilities referred to in subsection (3) shall be made based on the procedures established by the operator of the plant with a view to ensuring that inedible material at the plant does not contaminate any meat products at the plant. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13. (5) If inedible material that is intended as, or for use in, pet food or intended for pharmaceutical, research or therapeutic purposes, is processed, packaged or labelled at a meat plant and if that material, or the processing, packaging or labelling of that material, is likely to contaminate meat products at the plant, the meat plant shall have either or both of the following facilities for that purpose: 1. A separate room known as the pet food processing room. 2. An area of the meat plant that is separate from the area in which meat products are processed, packaged and labelled. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13. (6) The determination as to whether a meat plant will have either or both of the types of facilities referred to in subsection (5) shall be made based on the procedures established by the operator of the plant with a view to ensuring that inedible material at the plant does not contaminate any meat products at the plant. O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13. (7) A meat plant shall have separate equipment that may be used for processing, packaging, labelling or storing only inedible material in an inedible materials room, pet food processing room or a separate area referred to in subclause (2) (a) (i). O. Reg. 285/13, s. 13.