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Food Safety Program, for Farms
September 2009
Programs and Services
Food Safety Program, for Farms
PURPOSE
This program supports on-farm awareness and implementation of food safety,
biosecurity and traceability programs for farmers and their suppliers.
WHO QUALIFIES
Farmers, their suppliers, assembly yards and livestock haulers are eligible.
Farmers are individuals, partnerships and any operations incorporated under
federal or provincial laws. Eligible farmers can own, rent, lease,
manage or control agricultural land to produce food commercially in Manitoba.
Farmers’ suppliers are legal operations that supply farmers with goods or
services that could affect food safety, biosecurity or traceability.
Assembly yards are legal operations that own or operate animal assembly yards
in Manitoba and are registered with the provincial premises,
animal-identification database.
Livestock haulers are legal operations that own or operate a livestock
transport business in Manitoba.
Successful applicants must meet the following requirements:
- complete a before-and-after survey describing their on-farm food safety,
traceability or biosecurity programs’ business activities
- be registered in the provincial agri-food, premises, animal-identification
and food inspection databases where applicable
- take part in an on-farm food safety, traceability and biosecurity program
tailored to their operations
ELIGIBLE COSTS
Applicants are eligible for up to 90 per cent of the total cost of eligible
equipment and up to 90 per cent of training, implementation and the first audit
costs from approved suppliers. Funds are available for, but not limited to:
- materials/supplies for producers’ manuals
- consulting fees for implementation of recognized federal/provincial
programs
- rental/lease fees for facilities that affect food safety program
implementation
- business travel/accommodation
- staff training
- system audit/certification fees
- financial audit and performance reports required by the province
Application Form
Application Form
Fillable *
Program Terms and Conditions
Premises ID Application Guidelines
Please visit your local Manitoba
Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Growing Opportunities Office for more
information.
CONTACT
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Growing Opportunities Office; or call Manitoba Government Inquiry at
1-866-626-4862 for the GO Office nearest you. *Application form in Fillable
PDF Format.
(Please Note: These are large files. You cannot save completed copy of this form
on your computer without the full version of Adobe Acrobat Writer. If you would
like a copy for your records. Please fill it in and print it.)
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