C-61.1, r. 33.1 - Regulation respecting the sale, importation, possession and disposal of an animal or wildlife by-product

Section 3.3 Disposition versions

2024-09-19

3.3. Possession of a cervid that died in captivity in Québec is prohibited, subject to the exceptions provided for in the second paragraph of section 3.1, unless:

(1)  on the day of the cervid’s death, there is no reasonable ground to believe that a cervid kept in captivity at that same facility is carrying chronic wasting disease of cervids;

(2)  the analysis provided for in section 134.2 of the Regulation respecting animals in captivity (chapter C-61.1, r. 5.1) was performed by a laboratory approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency using a method approved by the latter, on any large cervid over 12 months of age that was kept in captivity at the facility and that died in the 6 years preceding the death of the cervid;

(3)  in the 20 years preceding the cervid’s death, none of the cervids in captivity at the facility had been diagnosed with chronic wasting disease of cervids;

(4)  in addition to the conditions set out in subparagraphs 1 to 3, at least one of the following conditions is met:

(a)  in the 6 years preceding the cervid’s death, no cervids in captivity at a keeping facility within a 45-km radius of the keeping facility holding the dead cervid, or cervids living in the wild within a 100-km radius of that facility had been diagnosed with chronic wasting disease of cervids;

(b)  on the day of the cervid’s death, the perimeter elements of the keeping facility where the cervid was kept prevented, for a period of at least 6 years, any contact between the cervids in captivity at the facility and cervids living in the wild;

(5)  in cases where, in the 6 years preceding the cervid’s death, a cervid from a different facility was introduced in the facility, on the day the cervid was introduced in the facility, or in the 6 or 20 years prior as the case may be, that other facility met the conditions set out in subparagraphs 1 to 4.

The first paragraph does not apply to persons who, within the scope of their functions, have in their possession a cervid having died in captivity in Québec

(1)  on the site of the facility where the cervid was in captivity;

(2)  in a plant where meat is prepared for human consumption or in a storage depot where it is stored for the purpose of marketing it in the conditions prescribed by the Food Products Act (chapter P-29) and the regulations;

(3)  for the purpose of activities authorized by a meat slaughtering, processing, preserving, storing, packaging and labelling licence issued under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (S.C. 2012, c. 24);

(4)  for scientific, diagnostic or educational purposes in a laboratory, veterinary establishment or university-level educational institution;

(5)  for the purpose of its salvaging and reclamation in accordance with section 3.8;

(6)  for the purpose of its disposal in accordance with section 3.9;

(7)  to transport the cervid to a location for the purposes referred to in subparagraphs 2 to 6.

O.C. 1328-2011, s. 1; O.C. 1341-2024, s. 4.

2012-09-01

3.3. The prohibitions provided for in sections 3.1 and 3.2 do not apply to caribou.

O.C. 1328-2011, s. 1.