§ 165

(1) Before slaughtering a food animal that is an equine or a bird, the holder of a licence to slaughter must obtain, from the person who owned or had the possession, care or control of the food animal before its arrival at the establishment where it is intended to be slaughtered, documents that include the following information: (a) the name and contact information of the person who owned it and any person who had the possession, care or control of it immediately before its arrival at the establishment; (b) the last location where it was raised or kept before its arrival at the establishment, including the address of the location, its code or the number that identifies it; (c) the food animal’s identification number or any other information that identifies it; (d) the name of any on-farm food safety program under which the food animal was raised or kept; (e) in the case of a bird, (i) the time at which the first bird of the lot of birds was placed into a crate, (ii) the time at which the bird was last provided with access to a source of hydration before being loaded, and (iii) the time at which the bird was last provided with access to feed before being loaded; (f) a description of any physical or chemical hazard to which the food animal may have been exposed that could cause any meat product that is derived from the food animal to be contaminated; (g) in respect of the last 120 days of the life of a bird that has been used for breeding or egg production or in respect of the entire life of any other bird, (i) the mortality rate for the flock from which the bird originates, (ii) the name of any disease or syndrome that was diagnosed in the flock from which the bird originates and the date on which the flock recovered from the disease or syndrome, (iii) the names of any drugs administered to treat a disease or syndrome or administered as an extra-label use and of any vaccines that were administered to the bird, as well as (iv) the name of any drug that has been administered in the last 14 days that requires a withdrawal period; and (h) in respect of the last 180 days of the life of an equine, (i) the name of any disease or syndrome that was diagnosed or a description of any deviation from normal behaviour, physiology or appearance, (ii) the names of any drugs and vaccines that were administered to the equine, as well as (iii) the use of the equine.

(2) Despite subsection (1) and subsections 138(1) and 139(1), the licence holder may slaughter the equine or bird without having first obtained the documents referred to in subsection (1) if they notify an inspector before slaughtering the equine or bird and if, subsequent to the slaughter, the meat product that is derived from the equine or bird (a) is held by the licence holder until they have obtained those documents, examined them and presented them to a veterinary inspector or to an inspector under the supervision of a veterinary inspector; or (b) is identified as inedible.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a game animal or an ostrich, rhea or emu.

(4) The documents referred to in subsection (1) must be kept for one year after the day on which the food animal arrives at the establishment.