Am I Eligible

Eligible participants include:

Eligible companies must be either federally or provincially registered businesses with an active GST number and must be based and operating out of British Columbia. They must operate agri-businesses that handles food for human consumption, and can be located on or off a farm premise.

• Includes: Food and beverage manufacturers, seafood processors, abattoirs, transporters, warehouses, distributors, packagers, importers, and exporters.
• Eligible organizations are considered to be Post-Farm facilities beyond basic washing, grading and packaging

All eligible companies are required to:

• Must be either federally or provincially registered businesses with an active GST number
• Must be based and operating in the province of British Columbia
• Constitute a legal entity (An association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has legal standing in the eyes of law).
• Comply with all requirements of law prior to and during the term of contribution.
• File business and/or farm income/loss taxes in BC.
• Have an active Canada Revenue Agency 9 digit business registration number.
• Have generated an annual gross income of $30,000.00 or more for the previous two years.

Evidence of Good Standing
In addition, eligible applicants will be asked to provide a letter of commitment from their Senior Management team in order confirm their commitment to the improvement of their food safety & traceability systems; evidence of good standing with their financial institution; and a provincial operating license. Other requirements for eligibility may be set if necessary.

Eligible NAICS Codes:

Your organization must be classified under one of the following eligible North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, in order to qualify for the Post-Farm Food Safety and Traceability Program. Please explore these codes in further detail on the Statistics Canada website (http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=307532&CVD=307533&CPV=31-33&CST=01012017&CLV=1&MLV=5)

Manufacturing

• 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling
• 3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
• 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
• 3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 3116 Meat Product Manufacturing
• 3117 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (Traceability only)
• 3118 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
• 3119 Other Food Manufacturing

Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing

• 3121 Beverage Manufacturing

Transportation and warehousing

• 482 Rail Transportation
• 484 Truck Transportation
• 493 Warehousing and Storage

Wholesale trade

• 411 Farm Product Merchant Wholesalers
• 413 Food, Beverage and Tobacco Merchant Wholesalers

Ineligible Participants

The following types of organizations have been deemed as not eligible for the Post-Farm Food Safety and Traceability Program:

• Health and/or nutrition supplement processing/handling operations;
• Pet food and operations producing food not intended for human consumption;
• Retail operations;
• Restaurants or other foodservice operations;
• Unlicensed, unregistered, and/or uninspected facilities;
• Any other business deemed ineligible by the ministry;

Ineligible NAICS Codes: The following NAICS Codes are ineligible in the Post-Farm Food Safety and Traceability Program:

Crop production

• 1111 Oilseed and grain farming
• 1112 Vegetable and melon farming
• 1113 Fruit and Tree Nut Farming
• 1114 Greenhouse, Nursery and Floriculture Production
• 1119 Other Crop Farming

Animal production

• 11211 Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots
• 11212 Dairy Cattle and Milk Production
• 1122 Hog and Pig Farming
• 1123 Poultry and Egg Production
• 1124 Sheep and Goat Farming
• 1129 Other Animal Production

Support activities for agriculture

• 1151 Support Activities for Crop Production
• 1152 Support Activities for Animal Production

Manufacturing

• 3111 Animal Food Manufacturing

Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing

• 3122 Tobacco Manufacturing

Textile mills

• 3131 Fibre, Yarn and Thread Mills
• 3132 Fabric Mills

Paper manufacturing

• 3222 Converted Paper Product Manufacturing

Chemical manufacturing

• 325190 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
• 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibres and Filaments Manufacturing
• 3253 Pesticide, Fertilizer and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
• 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
• 3255 Paint, Coating and Adhesive Manufacturing
• 3259 Other Chemical Product Manufacturing

Machinery manufacturing

• 3331 Agricultural, Construction and Mining Machinery Manufacturing
• 221119 Other Electric Power Generation
• 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Wholesale trade

• 417 Machinery, Equipment and Supplies Merchant

Retail

• 445 Food and Beverage Stores

Other

• Other, Multiple Industries