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

Section 3.9 Disposition versions

Not in force

In force: 2025-09-01

3.9. Where a person is found in possession of a cervid or a cervid by-product whose sale or possession are prohibited, or the conditions for the importation of which are not met, the person must without delay dispose thereof or proceed to its reclamation in accordance with section 3.8.

A person having in their possession a cervid that, unless reclaimed in accordance with section 3.8, must be disposed of under the first paragraph, subject to the exceptions provided for in the second paragraph of section 3.1, or a person having a cervid in their possession within the scope of their functions under sections 3.1, 3.3, 3.6 or 3.7, or a person having in their possession a cervid that died in a zone identified in sections 3.2, 3.5 or 3.7 and who wishes to dispose of the cervid, must do so using one of the following methods:

(1)  incineration, at a temperature equal to or greater than 850 °C for the period of time necessary to reduce all organic material to ash in a facility compliant with the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) and the regulations, and the ashes are transported to an engineered landfill compliant with the Environment Quality Act and the regulations, or used to manufacture concrete or cement;

(2)  alkaline hydrolysis at a temperature of 150 °C and pressure of at least 400 kPa, in an alkaline solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or potassium hydroxide (KOH) at a 1.5:1 ratio of alkaline solution to anatomic waste, for at least 180 minutes per cycle;

(3)  thermal hydrolysis, at a temperature of 180 °C and a pressure of at least 1,200 kPa for at least 40 minutes per cycle;

If no service of disposal corresponding to the methods described in the first paragraph is available within a 25-km radius of the place where disposal has become necessary, the person may proceed to the disposal by landfilling in an engineered landfill or by incineration in an incineration facility compliant with the Environment Quality Act and the regulations, the ashes from which are moved to an engineered landfill or used to manufacture concrete or cement. If neither of those services for disposal is accessible, the person may proceed to the disposal by landfilling in another landfill subject to the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials (chapter Q-2, r. 18).

Despite the second and third paragraphs, where possession of a cervid is permitted under subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of section 3.3, a person may also dispose of a cervid by landfilling at the farm if the landfilling is done in a fenced area inaccessible to coyotes, bears, wolves and cervids living in the wild and in compliance with the requirements of Regulation respecting food (chapter P-29, r. 1).

Where a person carries out the reclamation of a cervid carcass to make rendered fat in accordance with the second paragraph of section 3.8, the person must dispose of all other products and waste resulting from the processing using one of the methods listed in the second and third paragraphs of this section.

Despite the second and third paragraphs, in all cases, a person may also dispose of a cervid that had lived in the wild at the place where it died. Where hunters butcher their own meat, they may also dispose of a cervid that was living in the wild in their household garbage if the garbage is to be disposed of by landfilling or incineration in facilities that comply with the Environment Quality Act and the regulations.

Despite the second and third paragraphs, in diagnostic laboratories, samples must first be decontaminated by autoclaving at 134 °C and a pressure of three BAR (31 psi) for one hour before landfilling or incineration in facilities that comply with the Environment Quality Act and the regulations.

O.C. 1341-2024, s. 4.