Bill C-571
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
house of commons of canada
BILL C-571
An Act to amend the Meat Inspection Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act (slaughter of equines for human consumption)
Preamble
Whereas horses are ordinarily kept as domestic animals for recreational and sporting purposes;
Whereas horses are not raised primarily to produce meat for human consumption;
And whereas horsemeat products for human consumption may contain prohibited substances;
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. 25 (1st Supp.)
MEAT INSPECTION ACT
1. The Meat Inspection Act is amended by adding the following after section 9:
Prohibition
9.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall send or convey from one province to another, or import or export
(a) a horse or other equine for slaughter for human consumption; or
(b) horsemeat products — or meat products derived from any other equine — for human consumption.
Exception
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if
(a) the horse or other equine was raised primarily for human consumption and
is accompanied by a medical record that contains its standardized description and a complete lifetime record, in chronological order, of the medical treatments it has received; or
(b) the meat products derive from a horse or other equine described in paragraph (a).
Prohibition
9.2 (1) In addition to the other requirements of this Act and the Regulations made under this Act, no person shall send to a registered establishment a horse or other equine for slaughter for human consumption unless the horse or other equine was raised primarily for human consumption and unless they submit to the operator of the registered establishment a medical record for that horse or other equine that contains its standardized description and a complete lifetime record, in chronological order, of the medical treatments it has received.
Prohibition — operator of registered establishment
(2) No operator of a registered establishment shall accept for slaughter for human consumption a horse or other equine unless the conditions specified in subsection (1) are met.
2012, c. 24
SAFE FOOD FOR CANADIANS ACT
2. The Safe Food for Canadians Act is amended by adding the following after section 10:
Sending, conveying, importing or exporting horsemeat
10.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), it is prohibited for a person to send or convey from one province to another, or to import or export
(a) a horse or other equine for slaughter for human consumption; or
(b) any food commodity derived from a horse or any other equine.
Exception
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if
(a) the horse or other equine was raised primarily for human consumption and
is accompanied by a medical record that contains its standardized description and a complete lifetime record, in chronological order, of the medical treatments it has received;
(b) the food commodity derives from a horse or other equine described in paragraph (a).
Slaughtering — horse or other equine
10.2 (1) In addition to the other requirements of this Act and the Regulations made under this Act, it is prohibited for a person to send to an establishment a horse or other equine for slaughter for human consumption unless the horse or other equine was raised primarily for human consumption and unless they submit to the operator of the establishment a medical record for that horse or other equine that contains its standardized description and a complete lifetime record, in chronological order, of the medical treatments it has received.
Prohibition — operator of establishment
(2) It is prohibited for the operator of an establishment to accept a horse or other equine for slaughter for human consumption unless the conditions specified in subsection (1) are met.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons