1. The visual examination of poultry meat shall be carried out by means of the method and under the conditions set out in Part I of the Annex.

The objectives are clear: Tell all Canadians about the importance of preventative eye care and treatment; create awareness of the rising number of blind and partially sighted people in Canada, which currently stands at nearly 1 million people; promote the expansion of Canadian research in vision health, which is often forgotten and neglected; encourage dialogue on the extent of the vision loss epidemic in Canada and its financial and personal costs; propose strategies for effectively managing the increasing rates of blindness and ...[+++]vision loss among Canadians, especially seniors, visible minorities, Aboriginal communities and socio-economically vulnerable sectors of society; and call on all Canadians to do one thing simple thing that could save their sight — get an eye examination by a doctor of optometry.

Examination, measurement, etc. in accordance with an applicable standard (1) (e.g. visual inspection, functional testing, bench testing etc.).

This screening may be carried out by an official auxiliary.

Whereas activities in respect of the examination of the organs of sight or hearing, or of other organs or parts of the body, carried out with a view to the adjustment or sale of appliances for the correction of sight or hearing defects, or of orthopaedic appliances are excluded from the scope of the Council Directive of 15 October 1968 (7) concerning attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons in retail trade (ISIC ex Group 612) and of the Directive (8) laying down detailed provisions concerning transitional measures in respect of such activities ; whereas prov ...[+++]isions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in force in certain Member States present special problems in this connection as regards the protection of public health;