Emergency Slaughter - Scenarios

The four scenarios below are examples of when an emergency slaughter and associated costs may be authorized:

1. A farmer would like to send two bison for slaughter but this species is dangerous to load and transport. The farmer contacts a local abattoir that will accept animals for emergency slaughter. The plant operator contacts OMAFRA's Regional Veterinarian for authorization to perform an emergency slaughter. (CFIA SRM Permits are not required for bison)

   It is a regularly scheduled slaughter day for the abattoir and there is a meat hygiene officer (meat inspector) on duty at the plant. A second meat hygiene officer is available to go to the farm and perform the ante mortem inspection and supervise a humane slaughter.

   In this scenario it takes a total of one hour for the inspector to drive to the farm, carry out ante mortem inspection and drive back to the plant. A post mortem inspection is performed by the meat inspector at the plant.
   

   
   The costs incurred for this emergency slaughter were:

• $25 for the provisional authorization fee
• $48 for the time the meat inspector spent at the farm
• $0 for the post mortem inspection since a meat inspector was already present at the plant.

The total fee charged to the operator is $73.

2. The same scenario above occurs outside of a regularly scheduled slaughter day at a plant because the operator, due to the volume of animals to be slaughtered on that particular day, decides to only allow the entry of the bison into the plant after the regular slaughter day is completed. In this case the operator would be required to pay an additional $20 per hour for post mortem inspection.
   
   Assuming that the post mortem inspection requires one hour, the total cost would be $93.
   
   
3. A farmer goes out to feed his cattle one morning and discovers a young steer with a fractured hind leg. The farmer contacts a local abattoir that will accept animals for emergency slaughter. The operator at the plant contacts OMAFRA's Regional Veterinarian for authorization to perform an emergency slaughter. The RV determines that both the plant and the producer have CFIA permits to receive and transport SRM (respectively).
   
   A veterinary inspector is available to perform both the ante mortem and post mortem inspections. The veterinary inspector takes a total of one hour to travel to the farm, perform the ante mortem inspection, drive back to the abattoir and return to their clinic. The post mortem inspection must be performed by the veterinary inspector at the plant and takes one hour.
   
   The costs incurred for this emergency slaughter were:

• $25 the provisional authorization fee
• $80 for the time the veterinary inspector spent traveling and at the farm (out of plant time)
• $40 for the post mortem inspection at the plant.

The total fee charged to the operator is $145.

4. The same scenario requires two hours of time by a veterinary inspector outside of the plant.
   
   The costs incurred for this emergency slaughter were:

• $25 the provisional authorization fee
• $160 for the time the veterinary inspector spent outside of the plant
• $40 for the post mortem inspection at the plant.

The total fee charged to the operator is $225.

Cost Recovery - Ontario Regulation 328/06 (Fees)

• The operator of the meat plant specified in the provisional authorization is responsible for the following fees:
  • $25 for emergency slaughter
  • $48 per hour for the meat hygiene officer ($65 per hour on a holiday) or $80 per hour for the appointed veterinarian for ante mortem inspection (this includes travel to slaughter location, ante mortem inspection, travel to slaughter plant and return travel to their clinic)
  • $40 per hour for the appointed veterinarian to conduct post mortem inspection at the plant
  • $20 hour for the meat hygiene officer to conduct post mortem inspection outside of regularly scheduled slaughter hours ($25 on a holiday) - There is no charge for post mortem inspection by a meat hygiene officer during regular slaughter hours
• The operator may subsequently charge back fees to the owner/custodian as appropriate.
  

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