CANADA. 



The statutes of Canada were not available and only those laws are 

 included of which copies could be procured from the enforcing officer. 



MKAT AM> CANNED GOODS. 



. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as The Meat and Canned Foods 

 Act. 



_'. ih-finiti"n*. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, 

 (a) "carcases" means the carcases of cattle, swine, sheep, goats or poultry; 

 shment" means ;my abattoir, packing house, or other premises 

 in which sis -h animals are slaughtered, or in which any parts thereof or prod- 

 thereof, or fish, or fruit, or \ e-etables, are prepared for food for export or 

 are stored for export : 



(c) "export " means export out of Canada, or^out of the province In which 

 the establishment is situated to another province; 



(d) " food " includes every article used for food or drink by man, and every 

 ingredient intended for mixing with the food or drink of man for any purpose; 



(e) "inspector" means an inspector appointed under this Act; 

 (/) ' .M :iieans the Minister of Agriculture; 



(g) "regulations" means regulations made under the provisions of this Act. 

 ction of inininl.i. All animals intended for slaughter in any 

 establishment shall be inspected as provided by the regulations. 



L'. N" animal shall be allowed to enter the parts of an establishment where 

 slaughtering is carried on. unless it has undergone such inspection and been 

 found to tie healthy and tit for food. 



3. K\ery animal affected, or suspected of being affected, with contagious or 

 other disease, shall be slaughtered under the supervision of the inspector and 

 I'-tl by the regulations. 



'txi-H. All carcases and portions thereof of all ani- 

 : slaughter. -d. intended for export, shall be inspected as provided 



'ing by fanners and retail butchers. Unless the Minister 



otherwise diiveis. n|Nin the report of an inspector, animals owned by farmers 



:-nd >:aiiL'hieivd by them on their own premises, and animals slaughtered by 



: butchers on their own premises, shall not be subject to inspection under 



the I Let 



SEC. t;. //"/< >e; marks on. Every carcass, or portion thereof, found 



to be healthy and fit for food, shall be marked by the inspector in such manner 

 as is provided !>y the regulations; and the carcass, or portion thereof, may then 

 l.e dealt with as the owner thereof sees fit, subject to the further* supervision of 

 the insjHvtor. 



SEC. 7. ln*in-rtii,n ami marking of meat products. Every carcass or portion 

 or product thereof prepared for food in any establishment and packed in cans 

 :nilar receptacles, or in any package whatever, shall be subject to inspection 

 during the whole course of preparation and packing; and after all the require- 

 ments of this Act regarding inspection have been complied with, and not until 

 then, all such packages shall be marked by the inspector in such manner as is 

 provided by the regulations. 



SEC. 8. n<in. The inspector may at any time re-inspect a carcass, 



or any portion or product thereof, in order to ascertain whether, subsequently 

 to the first inspection thereof, it has undergone decomposition, or has other- 

 wise deteriorated, or has been tampered with or adulterated by the use of 

 preservatives or otherwise. 



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