Standards for transport containers
 134. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the operator of a meat plant shall ensure that no carcasses, meat products and ingredients are received at the plant and no carcasses and meat products are shipped from the plant unless the operator inspects the transport container in which they are transported to or from the plant, as the case may be, and the container meets the following requirements: 1. It is clean, free of contamination and suitable for its intended use. 2. It is constructed of material that is free from any constituents likely to contaminate carcasses, meat products or ingredients. 3. It has inside surfaces that are hard, smooth, impervious to moisture and in good repair. 4. It is capable of protecting a carcass, meat product, ingredient and any container for a carcass, meat product or ingredient against contamination. 5. If it transports refrigerated carcasses, meat products or ingredients, it is equipped to maintain the carcasses, meat products or ingredients at an internal temperature of 4 degrees Celsius or less. 5.1 If it transports frozen carcasses, meat products or ingredients, it is equipped to maintain the carcasses, meat products or ingredients in a frozen state. 5.2 If it transports carcasses, parts of carcasses or meat products that have been subject to a religious observance exemption from cooling and temperature requirements under subsection 83 (10), it must be equipped to cool the carcasses, parts of carcasses or meat products to an internal temperature of 4 degrees Celsius or less. 6. It is equipped to prevent the accidental freezing of carcasses, meat products and ingredients if there is a risk of freezing and if freezing could adversely affect the carcasses, meat products or ingredients. 7. It is not being used for transporting animals, inedible materials, refuse, control products as defined in section 2 of the Pest Control Products Act
(Canada), being chapter P-9 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, pest control products as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Pest Control Products Act (Canada), being chapter 28 of the Statutes of Canada, 2002, or anything else that might contaminate a carcass, meat product or ingredient.  O. Reg. 31/05, s. 134 (1); O. Reg. 285/13, s. 71; O. Reg. 205/19, s. 25. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to, (a) meat products that are transported to a meat plant in a transport container for processing for use or consumption by an individual or the individual’s family if the container contains no other meat products during the time that they are transported to the plant; (b) the carcass of a food animal that dies during transportation if the transport container in which it dies does not contain meat products or any carcasses, other than the carcass of another food animal that has also died during transportation; (c) meat products that an individual has purchased at a meat plant and ships from the plant in a transport container for the use or consumption of the individual or that of the individual’s immediate family if the container contains no other meat products during the time that they are shipped from the plant; or (d) meat products that are, (i) derived from a food animal or meat product that has been brought to a meat plant for slaughter or processing for an individual, and (ii) shipped from the plant in a transport container for the use or consumption of the individual or the individual’s immediate family if the container, during the time that they are shipped from the plant, contains no meat products, other than meat products for the use or consumption of the individual or the individual’s immediate family.  O. Reg. 31/05, s. 134 (2); O. Reg. 221/05, s. 37. Part XIV   Distribution Records, recall procedure and NOTICE to the Public 135. Revoked:  O. Reg. 221/05, s. 38.