Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990 (SOR/90-288). Country/Territory Canada Document type Regulation Date 1990 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Inspection Packaging/labelling HACCP Offences/penalties Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Regulations enact the Meat Inspection Act. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed, such as “Agency”, “animal food”, “ante-mortem examination”, “control programme”, “farmed game animal”, “food additive”, "HACCP plan", “ham”, "hermetically sealed container", “inspection” and "pre-packaged". The text consists of 137 sections divided into 5 Parts as follows: Standards (I); Registration (II); Examination, inspection, humane treatment and slaughter, packaging and labelling (III); Trade (IV); Administration (V). Four Schedules are enclosed as follows: Standards for meat products (I); Permitted weights for pre-packaged meat products (II); Meat inspection legend (III); Processing and labelling requirements for meat products (IV). Full text English Website www.gc.ca References - Legislation Implements Meat Inspection Act, (R.S.C. 1985, c. 25) (1st Supp.). Legislation | Canada | 1985 (2015) Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Meat, Processing/handling, Internal trade, International trade, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX