Response of veterinary inspector
 84.4 (1) This section applies in respect of a veterinary inspector who conducts an ante mortem inspection, (a) of a food animal whose slaughter outside of a slaughter plant has been provisionally authorized under section 84.1 on the basis that it is injured and cannot be transported to a slaughter plant without causing it undue suffering or distress; or (b) of a food animal that has been referred to him or her for another ante mortem inspection under clause 84.3 (2) (b).  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15. (2) A veterinary inspector who conducts an ante mortem inspection of a food animal outside of a slaughter plant shall approve the animal for slaughter unless subsection (3) or (4) applies.  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15. (3) If a veterinary inspector conducts an ante mortem inspection of a food animal outside of a slaughter plant under subsection (1) and if it appears to the veterinary inspector that the animal is not healthy or shows a deviation from normal behaviour or appearance or the veterinary inspector has any reason to believe that the animal may be contaminated or otherwise unfit for slaughter, the veterinary inspector may order the owner or custodian to hold the animal and keep it apart from other animals for rest, treatment or further observation, sampling, testing or other assessment on such conditions as the veterinary inspector specifies in the order.  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15; O. Reg. 70/08, s. 10 (1). (4) If a veterinary inspector determines on an ante mortem inspection that a food animal is contaminated or in an otherwise unsatisfactory condition for slaughter, the veterinary inspector shall, (a) order that the owner or custodian of the animal condemn and humanely euthanize the animal at the owner or custodian’s expense, subject to the conditions that the veterinary inspector imposes if they are relevant to the euthanasia; (b) order that the owner or custodian of the animal hold the animal and keep it apart from other animals for rest, treatment or further observation, sampling, testing or other assessment on the conditions that the veterinary inspector directs; or (c) approve the animal for slaughter, subject to the conditions that the veterinary inspector imposes, including conditions requiring that the animal be segregated from other animals before slaughter and undergo a post mortem inspection by a veterinary inspector, if the conditions are relevant to ensuring that the animal will be safe for use as food.  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15. (5) If the veterinary inspector makes an order described in subsection (3) or clause (4) (b), the owner or custodian shall ensure that the animal is marked or identified as held in a manner that is acceptable to the veterinary inspector.  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15; O. Reg. 70/08, s. 10 (2). (6) At any time after making an order described in subsection (3) or clause (4) (b), the veterinary inspector may, (a) if of the opinion that the animal is contaminated or in an otherwise unsatisfactory condition for slaughter, order that the owner or custodian of the animal condemn and humanely euthanize the animal at the owner or custodian’s expense, subject to the conditions that the veterinary inspector imposes if they are relevant to the euthanasia; (b) order that the owner or custodian hold the animal and keep it apart from other animals for rest, treatment or further observation, sampling, testing or other assessment on the conditions that the veterinary inspector directs; or (c) approve the animal for slaughter, subject to the conditions that the veterinary inspector imposes, including conditions requiring that the animal undergo a post mortem inspection by a veterinary inspector, if the conditions are relevant to ensuring that the animal will be safe for use as food.  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15. (7) If a veterinary inspector makes an order under clause (4) (a) or (6) (a), the owner or custodian of the animal shall have the animal euthanized in a manner and place acceptable to the veterinary inspector, and, (a) if the animal is euthanized on a farm as defined in Ontario Regulation 106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the operator of the farm shall dispose of the animal’s remains as if the remains were a dead farm animal under that regulation; and (b) if the animal is euthanized at any other place, the owner or custodian of the animal shall dispose of the animal’s remains in accordance with the requirements placed on a custodian disposing of deadstock under Ontario Regulation 105/09 (Disposal of Deadstock) made under the Act.  O. Reg. 107/09, s. 1. (8) If the owner or custodian of the animal does not comply with an order made under clause (4) (a) or (6) (a), an inspector may, without a hearing, (a) seize the animal that is the subject of the order; (b) condemn and euthanize it and dispose of its remains or arrange for the condemnation, euthanasia and disposal of remains; and (c) order the owner or custodian to pay for the condemnation, euthanasia and disposal of remains.  O. Reg. 325/06, s. 15.