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:
  • Processors, Transporters, Warehouses, Distributors, Packagers, Importers that handle food and beverage for human consumption;
  • Processing facilities (beyond basic washing, grading and packaging) located on or off a farm premise and not covered by a certified On-Farm Food Safety (OFFS) Program
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We encourage all eligible businesses, no matter where you are on the food safety spectrum, to apply for program funding!

All eligible companies are required to:

  • Have an active 9-digit business registration number (BN) with CRA or have an active GST and file business or farm income taxes in British Columbia (BC);
  • Must be based and operating in the province of BC;
  • Be provincially or federally licensed;
  • Constitute a legal entity (an association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has legal standing in the eyes of the law);
  • Be in compliance with all requirements of the law and agree to remain in compliance for the term of the Canada Agricultural Partnership (CAP) funding agreement;
  • Be registered with the BC Premises Identification* Program if you raise livestock and/or poultry; [please visit www.gov.bc.ca/premisesidprogram];

Required Documentation

In addition, eligible applicants will be asked to provide supporting documents, including:

  • A letter of commitment from their Senior Management team in order confirm their commitment to the improvement of their food safety system;
  • A provincial or federal operating license;
  • A letter from financial institution; and
  • 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 Program. Please explore these codes in further detail on the Statistics Canada website

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
  • 3118 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
  • 3119 Other Food Manufacturing
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
  • 3121 Beverage Manufacturing
  • 3123 Cannabis product manufacturing NEW
Transportation and warehousing
  • 481 Air transportation
  • 482 Rail Transportation
  • 483 Water transportation
  • 484 Truck Transportation
  • 4931 Warehousing and Storage

Who Cannot Apply (Ineligible Participants)

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

  • Operations that grow, process or handle health or nutrition supplements; Health and/or nutrition supplement processing/handling operations;
  • Operations producing pet food or food not intended for human consumption;
  • Business only involved in primary production;
  • Retail operations;
  • Restaurants or other foodservice operations;
  • Aquaculture and seafood production businesses
  • Unlicensed, unregistered, and/or uninspected facilities; and
  • Any other business deemed ineligible by the ministry.

When there is any uncertainty, the Program Registrar will contact the province to make the official decision regarding eligibility.