Oliver Cheung Hon Mok guilty of importing meat products from China

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Mr. Oliver Cheung Hon Mok pled guilty in Newmarket Provincial Court to one count of violating section 9(1) of the Meat Inspection Act, and one count of violating section 16(1) of the Health of Animals Act.

Mr.
 Cheung Hon Mok violated the Meat Inspection Act by making an unauthorized import of meat products from China, a country with meat inspection systems that do not have valid written approvals from the Minister of Agriculture. He violated the Health of Animals Act by importing an animal by-product without presenting it to an Inspector.
 
As a result of his previous convictions relating to the same violations, the Honourable Judge Blouin assessed a penalty of six months house arrest.
 
Section 9 (1) of the Meat Inspection Act states:
No person shall import a meat product into Canada unless
(a) at the time it was prepared for export, the country from which it originated and any country in which it was processed had meat inspection systems, those systems and the relevant establishments in those countries were approved in writing by the Minister before that time and the approvals were valid at that time;
(b) that person provides an inspector with evidence satisfactory to the Minister that it meets the prescribed standards for imported meat products;
(c) it meets the prescribed standards for imported meat products; and
(d) it is packaged and labelled in the manner prescribed.
Section16.(1) of the Health of Animal Act states:
Where a person imports into Canada any animal, animal product, animal byproduct, animal food or veterinary biologic, or any other thing used in respect of animals or contaminated by a disease or toxic substance, the person shall, either before or at the time of importation, present the animal, animal product, animal by-product, animal food, veterinary biologic or other thing to an inspector, officer or customs officer who may inspect it or detain it until it has been inspected or otherwise dealt with by an inspector or officer.
 
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