Resources for provincially licensed slaughter operations

• Ante and Post-Mortem Inspection – Operator Responsibilities
• Contamination and spoilage control – Operator Responsibilities
• Salvage of meat by-products – Operator Responsibilities
• Specified Risk Material (SRM) ­– Operator Responsibilities
• Use of Appointed Inspector – Operator Responsibilities
• Video Ante-Mortem Inspection – Operator Responsibilities

• Food Safety Guidebook
• How to write a program: Guidance for slaughter and meat processing operations
• Pre-operational inspections
• Transportation and storage for licensed meat facilities
• Video Ante-Mortem Inspection: Guidance for producers and abattoir operators
• Video Ante-Mortem Inspection: Instructions on how to access the VAMI online tool to submit a video of an eligible animal
• What is an effective sanitation program? Evaluating sanitation practices in your meat facility
• Worker training: How to ensure workers are well trained
• Writing a Hazard Control Plan for Meat Facilities

• Meat curing
• Mould on carcasses: What you need to know
• Processed Meat Products Factsheet
• Reportable Animal Diseases
• Selecting a food safety consultant

• Meat Inspection Regulation: On-Farm Slaughter Operation technical guide
  • English
  • عربي (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • اردو (Urdu)

• Animal Welfare and Handling
• Cleaning and sanitation: On-farm slaughter operations
• Controlling cross-contamination: On-farm slaughter operations
• E.coli O157:H7: On-farm slaughter cross-contamination
• High-risk meat processing
• Large animal co-ownership: On-farm slaughter operations
• Listeria monocytogenes: On-farm slaughter cross contamination
• Mould on carcasses: What you need to know
• OFSO: potable water testing
  • English
  • عربي (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • اردو (Urdu)
• Reportable Animal Diseases
• Safe poultry slaughter: Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter at your on-farm operation
• Slaughter waste as bait for hunting and trapping
• Specified risk material

On-farm slaughter operation applicants can read, print and download the following food safety and animal welfare learning modules.

Translated versions of the print resources are available in عربي (Arabic), Français (French) and اردو (Urdu), videos are in English only. 

• Introduction and Instructions
  • Introduction and Instructions: video recording
• Learning module 1: Food safety hazards and controls
  • Module 1: video recording
• Module 2: OFSO legislation
• Module 3: Animal welfare and humane slaughter
  • Module 3: video recording
• Module 4: Safe poultry slaughter
  • Module 4: video recording
• Module 5: Safe red meat slaughter
  • Module 5: video recording
• Module 6: Meat processing safety
  • Module 6: video recording
  • Meat processing facility information sheets:
    • Personal hygiene facilities
      • English
      • عربي (Arabic)
      • Français (French)
      • اردو (Urdu)
    • Pest management
      • English
      • عربي (Arabic)
      • Français (French)
      • اردو (Urdu)
    • Planning and designing a processing facility
      • English
      • عربي (Arabic)
      • Français (French)
      • اردو (Urdu)
    • Processing, storing and transporting waste and meat products
      • English
      • عربي (Arabic)
      • Français (French)
      • اردو (Urdu)
    • Water and ice safety
      • English
      • عربي (Arabic)
      • Français (French)
      • اردو (Urdu)
    • Worker and product flow
      • English
      • عربي (Arabic)
      • Français (French)
      • اردو (Urdu)
• OFSO: potable water testing
  • English
  • عربي (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • اردو (Urdu)
• OFSO Food Safety learning modules quiz
  • English
  • عربي (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • اردو (Urdu)