P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 6.3.3.5 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

6.3.3.5. Hare meat — rooms: A delicatessen plant for the exclusive preparation of meat or meat products from hare meat, for wholesale purposes, must include, in addition to the rooms and premises contemplated in subparagraphs j to p of the first paragraph of section 6.3.3.2:

(a)  a refrigerated room at a temperature between 0ºC and 4ºC and, where applicable, a freezing room at a maximum temperature of minus 18ºC for preserving hares before skinning;

(b)  a skinning room with separate area for unfreezing;

(c)  an evisceration room with overhead rail;

(d)  a room for preparing the product, with separate areas for cooking and packaging;

(e)  a refrigerated room at a temperature between 0ºC and 4ºC or a freezing room at a maximum temperature of minus 18ºC for preserving eviscerated carcasses and meat or meat products;

(f)  a cold storage room for waste at a maximum temperature of 7ºC, with an area for animal waste, including discarded or confiscated meat or offal and an area for the pre-stocking or preserving of skins; this room must be provided with a door giving to the exterior of the plant;

(g)  a room for the preparation of orders and shipping.

The waste room provided for in subparagraph f of the first paragraph may be unrefrigerated provided the waste is removed from it daily and that skins are not kept therein.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-29, r. 1, s. 6.3.3.5; O.C. 725-94, s. 27.