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ANIMALS OF THE SUB-FAMILY BOVINAE AND THEIR PRODUCTS IMPORTATION PROHIBITION REGULATIONS

Amendment | Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement

Notice is hereby given that the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Solicitor General of Canada, pursuant to section 14 of the Health of Animals Act^a, propose to make the annexed Animals of the Sub-family Bovinae and Their Products Importation Prohibition Regulations.

Interested persons may make representations respecting the proposed Regulations within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice, and be addressed to Ms. Linda Morrison, Animal Health and Production Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9 (Tel.: (613) 225-2342 (4368); Fax: (613) 228-228-6614; E-mail: lmorrison@inspection.gc.ca).

^a S.C. 1990, c. 21

Andrew Mitchell
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Anne McLellan
Solicitor General

interpretation

1. (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

"Bovinae specified risk material" means

(a) the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of animals of the sub-family Bovinae aged 30 months or older; and

(b) the distal ileum and tonsils of animals of the sub-family Bovinae of all ages. (matériel à risque spécifié de boviné)

"meat product" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Meat Inspection Act. (produit de viande)

(2) Words and expressions used in these Regulations and not defined in the Health of Animals Act or these Regulations have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Health of Animals Regulations.

prohibition

2. (1) No person shall import into Canada from the United States, during the period beginning on the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending on June 30, 2006, any of the following animals or things:

(a) animals of the sub-family Bovinae born before January 1, 1998;

(b) meat products derived from animals of the sub-family Bovinae from which the Bovinae specified risk material has not been removed and things containing those meat products;

(c) ingredients derived from ruminants to be used in animal food, and animal food containing those ingredients;

(d) ingredients, other than manure, derived from ruminants to be used in fertilizer, and fertilizer containing those ingredients; or

(e) Bovinae specified risk material and things containing or derived from Bovinae specified risk material.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

(a) cattle imported for immediate slaughter that are subject to the requirements of section 5 of Part III of the import reference document as defined in section 10 of the Health of Animals Regulations;

(b) animals and things derived from them imported for medical use, scientific research or zoological collections;

(c) animals of the sub-family Bovinae imported into Canada for a maximum of 30 days;

(d) bulls destined for animal semen production centres;

(e) animals and things identified in paragraph 51(b) of the Health of Animals Regulations carrying an animal pathogen or part of one and that are imported into Canada under a permit issued under section 160 of those Regulations;

(f) products of a rendering plant imported into Canada under a permit issued under section 160 of the Health of Animals Regulations;

(g) meat products originating in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand or Uruguay that are processed in the United States;

(h) meat products originating in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand or Uruguay that are in-transit through the United States;

(i) meat products to be transported to a community in the United States where the only practical transportation route for the meat products is either a land or water route through Canada as determined by the Agency, taking into account the location of the community and the time required to transport them;

(j) meat products to be transported non-stop in Canada and to be delivered to a cruise ship for use as ships' stores;

(k) meat products that are kept on a ship as ships' stores;

(l) a food containing a meat product that is of insignificant quantity having regard to the nature of the food and the nature of the meat product in the food;

(m) meat products to be used for personal consumption if the total weight of the meat products is 5 kg or less;

(n) milk and milk derivatives;

(o) hides and skins that do not come from the head of an animal and derivatives of those hides and skins;

(p) things produced by subjecting bones and tissues, other than bones and tissues from Bovinae specified risk material, to rigorous processes of extraction and purification;

(q) meat products that do not contain any Bovinae specified risk material and that are imported, in accordance with subsection 9(1) of the Meat Inspection Act, for the commercial preparation of pet food;

(r) finished pet chews, such as dried processed ears, pizzles, hooves or tendons, that do not contain, and are not derived from, Bovinae specified risk material;

(s) finished pet chews, such as dried processed ears, pizzles, hooves or tendons, that do not contain, and are not derived from, the vertebral column of animals of the sub-family Bovinae;

(t) commercially prepared pet food that does not contain ingredients derived from animals of the sub-family Bovinae;

(u) commercially prepared pet food that contains ingredients derived from animals of the sub-family Bovinae if

(i) the ingredients are not derived from Bovinae specified risk material, or

(ii) the animals from which the ingredients are derived originate in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand or Uruguay;

(v) commercially prepared pet food that is destined to be fed to an importer's pet if the total weight of the pet food is 8 kg or less;

(w) protein-free tallow with a maximum level of insoluble impurities of 0.15% by weight and derivatives made from such tallow;

(x) household garbage from the United States containing protein from an animal; or

(y) aircraft garbage and ship's refuse as those terms are defined in subsection 47.1(1) of the Health of Animals Regulations.

repeal

3. The Animals of the Family Bovidae and Their Products Importation Prohibition Regulations, No. 2¹ are repealed.

coming into force

4. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

¹ SOR/2004-90