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(2) The owner or operator of a rendering plant when shipping material from a dead animal to another rendering plant shall ensure that

(a) the material is shipped in such a manner so as to prevent

(i) any dissemination of pathogenic organisms into the environment from the leakage of blood or other body fluids, and

(ii) the contamination of any animal or human food,

(b) the other rendering plant will render the material free of all viable pathogenic organisms, and

(c) a complete record is kept of the shipment, including the date of shipment, method of transport and the name and address of the rendering plant to which it was shipped.

Diagnosis of Animal Diseases

4 Nothing in this Regulation prohibits the collection and transport of a dead animal as may be required by a veterinarian or the owner of the dead animal for the diagnosis of animal diseases.

Dead Animal as Food

5 No person shall feed a dead animal to other food producing animals unless

(a) the material from the dead animal has been properly rendered at a licensed rendering plant and the prohibition to feed prohibited material to ruminants under the Health of Animals Regulation (Canada) is complied with, or

(b) the feeding of the material is a recognized means of stimulating natural immunity for specific disease conditions and the prohibition to feed prohibited material to ruminants under the Health of Animals Regulation (Canada) is complied with.

Advisory Committee

6 The Minister may appoint an advisory committee under section 7 of the Government Organization Act

consisting of both government and industry representatives to oversee the implementation of this Regulation.

Repeal

7 The Regulations Regarding the Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals (AR 128/66) are repealed.

Expiry

8 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on November 30, 2012.

AR 229/2000 s8;354/2003;241/2009;136/2010

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