ONTARIO REGULATION 107/09
made under the
FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ACT, 2001
Made: March 25, 2009
Filed: March 25, 2009
Published on e-Laws: March 27, 2009
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 11, 2009
Amending O. Reg. 31/05
(MEAT)
1. Subsection 84.4 (7) of Ontario Regulation 31/05 is revoked and the following substituted:
(7) If a veterinary inspector makes an order under clause (4) (a) or (6) (a), the owner or custodian of the animal shall have
the animal euthanized in a manner and place acceptable to the veterinary inspector, and,
(a) if the animal is euthanized on a farm as defined in Ontario Regulation 106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals) made
under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the operator of the farm shall dispose of the animal’s remains as if the
remains were a dead farm animal under that regulation; and
(b) if the animal is euthanized at any other place, the owner or custodian of the animal shall dispose of the animal’s
remains in accordance with the requirements placed on a custodian disposing of deadstock under Ontario Regulation
105/09 (Disposal of Deadstock) made under the Act.
2. Subsection 84.7 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(3) If a certificate is not completed in accordance with subsection (1), including the signed statement referred to in
paragraph 6 of subsection (1), the following rules apply:
1. If the animal was slaughtered on a farm as defined in Ontario Regulation 106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals)
made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the operator of the farm shall dispose of the animal’s remains as if
the remains were a dead farm animal under that regulation.
2. If the animal was slaughtered at any place other than a farm, the owner or custodian of the animal shall dispose of the
animal’s remains in accordance with the requirements placed on a custodian disposing of deadstock under Ontario
Regulation 105/09 (Disposal of Deadstock) made under the Act.
3. Subsection 84.20 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
Order for euthanasia
(1) If a veterinary inspector orders that an animal be euthanized under paragraph 1 of subsection 84.19 (4) or under
subsection 84.19 (5), the producer shall have the animal euthanized in a manner and at a place acceptable to the veterinary
inspector, and if a method of disposing of the animal’s remains is specified in that order, shall dispose of the animal’s
remains in accordance with the order.
(1.1) If the veterinary inspector’s euthanization order mentioned in subsection (1) does not specify a method for the
animal’s disposal, the producer shall dispose of the dead animal in accordance with the requirements of Ontario Regulation
106/09 (Disposal of Dead Farm Animals) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, as if the producer were a farm
operator and the dead animal were a dead farm animal.
4. Subsection 91 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the permitted methods of disposal are,
(a) delivery to a disposal facility licensed under Ontario Regulation 105/09 (Disposal of Deadstock) made under the Act;
(b) incineration;
(c) with the approval of a regional veterinarian, burial with a covering of at least 60 centimetres of earth; and
(d) any other method of disposal that a regional veterinarian has approved.
5. This Regulation comes into force on the later of March 27, 2009 and the day this Regulation is filed.
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