Health of Animals Regulations

120.2 (1) In this section, organism includes a part or product of an organism.

(2) Sections 120.3 to 120.6 do not apply in respect of

• (a) a veterinary biologic

  • (i) in respect of which a product licence has been issued, or

  • (ii) that contains only organisms that are

    • (A) the same as organisms contained in a veterinary biologic referred to in subparagraph (i), or

    • (B) of a species that is substantially equivalent to a species of organisms contained in a veterinary biologic referred to in subparagraph (i), in terms of pathogenicity, host specificity, potential impact on non-target organisms, on biodiversity and on biogeochemical cycles, mode of action, persistence and dispersal in the environment and gene flow; and

• (b) the release of a veterinary biologic, that contains organisms, under containment or in accordance with confinement procedures in a manner that prevents the dissemination of any genetic material from the veterinary biologic into the environment.