Regulation respecting minimum standards for processing marine products (R. Q. c. T-11.01, r.1)

Regulation respecting minimum standards for processing marine products file:///D/HTML/que68807.htm[16.01.2025 09:59:27] © Éditeur officiel du Québec Updated to 1 October 2014 This document has official status. chapter T-11.01, r. 1 Regulation respecting minimum standards for processing marine products Marine Products Processing Act (chapter T-11.01, s. 46) DIVISION 1 INTERPRETATION 1. In this Regulation, unless otherwise indicated by the context, (1) “fillet” means the muscle of a fish removed from the carcass by slicing parallel to the spinal column; (2) “steak” means a cross section of fish muscle sliced perpendicularly to the spinal column. M.O. 87-07-23, s. 1. DIVISION 2 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PROCESSING 2. An operator shall comply with the following minimum processing standards in preparing or canning any of the marine products designated below: Species of marine product English Name Latin Name Minimum processing standards (1) Cod Gadus Morhua in fillets or in steaks; (2) Redfish Sebastes sp. in fillets or beheaded, Sebastes marinus eviscerated and frozen, where Sebastes fasciatus it measures 30 cm or more Sebastes mentelle before processing; (3) American plaice Hippoglossoides in fillets or beheaded, platessoides eviscerated and frozen; where it measures 32 cm or more before processing; (4) Greenland halibut Reinhardtius in fillets, in steaks, or hippoglossoides beheaded, eviscerated and frozen; (5) Mackerel Scomber scombrus frozen, treated to destroy toxic micro-organisms, processed by salting, smoking, pickling, kippering or marinating and packaged in such manner that it remains safe for human consumption for not less than 6 months solely by refrigeration, or refrigerated and packed other than in a bin referred to in section 9.6.1 of the Regulation respecting food (chapter P-29, r. 1); (6) Eel Anguilla rostrata frozen; (7) Soft shell clam Mya arenaria meat extracted; (8) Whelk Buccinum undatum cooked or frozen; Neptunea despecta tornata Regulation respecting minimum standards for processing marine products file:///D/HTML/que68807.htm[16.01.2025 09:59:27] (9) Pink shrimp Pandalus sp. cooked or frozen; Pandalus borealis Pandalus montagui (10) Snow crab Chionoecetes whole and frozen or in sections opilio cooked or frozen; (11) Lobster Homarus cooked or frozen, where not americanus marketed live. M.O. 87-07-23, 1987, s. 2; M.O. 88-04-15, 1988, s. 1; M.O. 88-06-29, 1988, s. 1; M.O. 89-04-12, 1989, s. 1; M.O. 91-08-27, 1991, s. 1. DIVISION 3 FINAL 3. (Omitted). M.O. 87-07-23, s. 3. REFERENCES M.O. 87-07-23, 1987 G.O. 2, 3256 M.O. 88-04-15, 1988 G.O. 2, 1975 M.O. 88-06-29, 1988 G.O. 2, 2838 M.O. 89-04-12, 1989 G.O. 2, 1823 M.O. 91-09-27, 1991 G.O. 2, 4071