P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 10.2.2.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

10.2.2.1. A processing plant operated under a permit of the “fresh, frozen or semi-preserved” category prescribed in section 1.3.5.E.3 must contain:

(1)  a freshwater products receiving room including:

(a)  a refrigerated chamber for keeping refrigerated freshwater products before processing;

(b)  an area for washing, disinfecting and storing bins;

(2)  a room for slaughtering, gutting, skinning, heading or tailing freshwater products, where required by the operations;

(3)  a room for processing freshwater products including, where required by the operations, any of the following areas:

(a)  an area for filleting;

(b)  an area for cooking;

(c)  an area for salting;

(d)  an area for pickling;

(e)  an area for washing;

(4)  a closed room or compartment for freezing freshwater products or processed foods that may or may not contain freshwater products, where required by the operations;

(5)  a room for smoking, where required by the operations;

(6)  a refrigerated room or compartment including:

(a)  an area for storing freshwater products;

(b)  an area for storing each type of food other than freshwater products, meats or meat products;

(c)  an area for storing freshwater products returned to the plant;

(7)  a refrigerated room or compartment for keeping meats or meat products, where required by the operations;

(8)  a refrigerated room or compartment for storing unpackaged ready-to-eat cooked foods, where required by the operations, including:

(a)  an area for processed foods containing freshwater products;

(b)  an area for each type of food other than processed foods containing freshwater products;

(9)  a room or compartment for storing frozen foods, where required by the operations, including:

(a)  an area for freshwater products or sea food products;

(b)  an area for meats or meat products;

(c)  an area for each type of food other than freshwater products, sea food products, meats or meat products;

(10)  a room or compartment for the dry storage of processed foods that can be kept without refrigeration, where required by the operations;

(11)  a closed room or compartment for storing waste other than inedible freshwater products, where required by the operations;

(12)  a closed room or compartment for storing salt, spices, dry ingredients, food additives and other preservatives, where required by the operations;

(13)  a closed refrigerated room or compartment for keeping the remains of freshwater products not intended for human consumption;

(14)  a closed room or compartment for storing bait, where required by the operations;

(15)  a closed room or compartment for storing packaging materials and labels;

(16)  sanitary rooms for employees;

(17)  a closed room or compartment for storing cleaning and disinfecting materials, and containers of detergent and disinfectant;

(18)  a closed room or compartment including an area for the installation of heating appliances, compressors, electric switchboards and telephone switchboards and, where required by the operations, an area for the repair and mechanical maintenance of equipment.

Where the operator processes only freshwater products received alive, the processing plant need not contain the refrigerated chamber prescribed in subparagraph a of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph.

A processing plant need not contain the area prescribed in subparagraph b of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph where the plant contains a room for washing, disinfecting and storing bins.

A processing plant need not contain the room prescribed in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph where smoking facilities are set up in an area reserved for that purpose in the room prescribed in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph.

The room or compartment prescribed in subparagraph 13 of the first paragraph need not be refrigerated where the remains of freshwater products not intended for human consumption are removed daily from such room or compartment.

A processing plant need not contain the room or compartment prescribed in subparagraph 13 of the first paragraph where the remains of freshwater products not intended for human consumption are removed from the plant by a continuously moving device designed in such way as to prevent harmful animals from entering the plant and to make it possible to wash the device.

O.C. 1305-93, s. 28.