P-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting food

Section 6.4.2.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

6.4.2.1. Compulsory services: The operator of a slaughterhouse for cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, goats and cervidae must provide the following services:

(a)  the receiving and care of animals delivered to the plant as well as the providing of water, litter and, where applicable, fodder, and the removal and evacuation of manure and other excrement;

(b)  the cleaning, washing and disinfecting of vehicles used for the transport of animals;

(c)  the slaughtering of animals including the rendering unconscious, bleeding, skinning, evisceration, dressing and, in the case of hogs, in lieu of skinning, scalding, bristle-removal, singeing and scraping;

(d)  the removal and transfer of offal, suet and fat to processing, stocking or shipping rooms situated within the precincts of the establishment;

(e)  the initial treatment of offal;

(f)  the transfer of the hides to pre-stocking rooms and their preservation until removed;

(g)  the cleaning, washing and disinfecting of rooms, yards, chutes and passageways and other places within the precincts of the establishment.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-29, r. 1, s. 6.4.2.1; O.C. 238-99, s. 6.