Interpretation
1. In this Regulation, “animal food” means a product derived from an animal for use as food for fish, a pet or an animal kept in a zoo or raised for fur, but does not include feed as defined in the Feeds Act (Canada); “condemn” means to determine that an animal, meat or a meat product is inedible; “contaminated” means containing or having been treated with, (a) a substance not permitted by, or in an amount in excess of limits prescribed under, the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), the Canadian Environmental Protection Act or the Pest Control Products Act (Canada), (b) an ingredient, a food additive or any source of ionizing radiation not permitted by, or in an amount in excess of limits prescribed under, the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), or (c) any decomposed substance or visible extraneous material; “denature” means to treat meat or a meat product to make it unsuitable for use as food; “dress” means, (a) in respect of slaughtered animals other than pigs, poultry, goats or calves, (i) to remove the skin, head and developed mammary glands and the feet at the carpal and tarsal joints, (ii) to eviscerate, and (iii) except in the case of a sheep or rabbit, to split, (b) in respect of slaughtered pigs, (i) to remove the hair, toenails and developed mammary glands, or to remove the things set out in subclause (a) (i) in the manner set out in that subclause, and (ii) to eviscerate and split, (c) in respect of slaughtered poultry, (i) to remove the feathers, hair and head, the feet at the tarsal joints, and the uropygial gland, and (ii) to eviscerate, (d) in respect of slaughtered goats, (i) to remove the hair, head, toenails and developed mammary glands, or to remove the things set out in subclause (a) (i) in the manner set out in that subclause, and (ii) to eviscerate, and (e) in respect of slaughtered calves, (i) to remove the head and the feet at the carpal and tarsal joints, or to remove the things set out in subclause (a) (i) in the manner set out in that subclause, and (ii) to eviscerate; “eviscerate” means, (a) in respect of a carcass derived from poultry other than chickens aged eight weeks or less, to remove the respiratory, digestive, reproductive and urinary systems and the other thoracic and abdominal organs, and (b) in respect of any other carcass, to remove the respiratory, digestive and reproductive systems, the urinary system, except the kidneys, and the other thoracic and abdominal organs; “food” includes any article manufactured, sold or represented for use as food or drink for human beings and any edible ingredient that may be mixed with food; “inedible” means unfit for food; “meat” means all or a part of the dressed carcass of an animal and includes the blood, edible organs and edible tissues of an animal; “operator” means a person who has responsibility for and control over a plant; “refrigerate” means to lower the temperature to, and to maintain the temperature at, 4º C or lower, but does not include to freeze; “regional veterinarian” means a veterinary inspector appointed as a supervisor of inspection service for a region of Ontario; “utensil” means any equipment that comes in contact with animals, meat or meat products in a plant; “veterinarian” means a person licensed under the Veterinarians Act; “veterinary inspector” means a veterinarian appointed as an inspector. O. Reg. 632/92, s. 1. Exemptions from the Act