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Review of Specialty Production and New Entrant Programs -Improving Access to the Supply Management System
The Review of specialty production and new entrant programs has been conducted by the British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board to ensure that the policies and procedures of British Columbia's five supply management marketing boards and commissions (Boards) ensure that BC specialty markets are served by BC producers. On September 1, 2005, BCFIRB released its Policy, Analysis, Principles and Directions paper setting down policy principles. To view BCFIRB's Directions paper, click here; to view BCFIRB's cover letter to the boards, click here. If you wish to receive a hard copy of the Directions, contact BCFIRB office with your request (click the "Contacts" tab at the top of this web page for contact information). The primary task in this project has been the development or updating of programs for specialty (including organic) production and marketing as well as programs to assist the entry of new producers. Following the release of BCFIRB's directions, the Boards have worked to finalize new or amending Orders to bring their programs into place. BCFIRB has now issued letters of directions to each of the Boards to provide instructions in finalizing their Orders and to bring specialty, innovation and new entrant programs into force within their respective industries. BCFIRB acknowledges and appreciates the effort and careful thought that the members and staff of the Boards have put into the development of their Orders. BCFIRB's final directions to each Board are listed below under the section "Commodity Board Orders". Industry stakeholders have participated throughout this Review, providing input to commodity boards and to BCFIRB on existing programs and throughout the development of draft Orders. BCFIRB is grateful for the input of specialty producers, industry associations, such as the Certified Organic Associations of BC, and other interested persons. On May 30, 2006, BCFIRB issued a general update regarding the Review of Specialty Production with information on the Future Process and Rights of Appeal and the Three Year Review of board programs. To view BCFIRB's May 30, 2006 letter, click here. On January 26, 2007, BCFIRB issued an amendment to the September 1, 2005 Directions. It has been agreed that exemption for quota transfers between siblings would be approved under one condition: that the exemption is limited to transfers between siblings for reasons related to succession planning, and where the quota amount being transferred is and will remain attached to the "family farm" in question. To view BCFIRB's letter in entirety, click here. On February 16, 2007, BCFIRB responded to inquiries from various commodity boards regarding the criteria to be used in determining the eligibility of persons for their New Entrant Programs, BCFIRB has reviewed the new entrant policies and considers it necessary to provide additional direction. To view BCFIRB's draft supervisory directions, click here.
On May 3, 2007, BCFIRB issued supervisory
directions regarding new entrant program eligibility criteria. To view
BCFIRB's draft
supervisory directions,
click
here. The draft Orders submitted during the Review and BCFIRB's final Directions to each Board are listed below and may be viewed by clicking on the title of the document. The Orders were posted during the Review period, however, since that time, the boards and commissions may have updated their Orders and we recommend that you check their websites for the most current versions of their Orders. Links to their websites are provided below by clicking on the name of the board/commission.
BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission
BC Chicken Marketing Board
Questions & Answers Please note that there are other provincial regulations which govern the slaughter of livestock and the sale of farm products. These regulations are not administered by the commodity boards and are not addressed in this review. To obtain information on the Meat Inspection Regulation and the Shell Egg Grading Regulation, please refer to section 3 of the Q & A. To view the entire list of questions and answers in the Specialty Review Q & A, click here.
Background information to Specialty Review by BCFIRB * The five supply-managed boards and commissions are:
On August 25, 2004, BCFIRB decided to suspend its review pending the outcome of Government's review of key policy questions concerning specialty production issues. To view BCFIRB's letter to the then Minister of Agriculture, click here. To view the report prepared by George Leroux for the then Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, issued in December 2004, entitled Recommendations for Managing Specialty Agri-Food Products in BC's Supply Managed System, click here. On January 6, 2005, BCFIRB decided to resume its supervisory review of specialty production with a completion date of June 30, 2005. BCFIRB will be issuing further process directions the week of January 17. To view BCFIRB's letter to the then Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, click here. On January 19, 2005, BCFIRB issued process information and directions to the boards and commissions, and specialty producer groups. To view BCFIRB's letter, click here. On February 15, 2005, BCFIRB sent a letter to the boards and commissions, and specialty producer groups to summarize progress to date; identify future activities and dates; and provide clarification and direction with respect to certain issues. To view BCFIRB's letter, click here. On March 23, 2005, BCFIRB sent a letter to the boards and commissions, and specialty producer groups outlining BCFIRB's expectations regarding additional consultation that should take place between the commodity boards and their mainstream and specialty industry stakeholders from March 31 to June 30, 2005. To view BCFIRB's letter and timetable, click here. On April 18, 2005, BCFIRB sent a letter to the boards and commissions, and specialty producer groups with updated directions for meeting objectives. To view BCFIRB's letter and revised timetable, click here. Effective April 27, 2006, BCFIRB has granted interim approval to the BC Turkey Marketing Board to renew any orders necessary for the regulation of the BC turkey industry in quota year 2005/06, pending prior approval by BCFIRB of the Turkey Board's specialty production regulations. To view BCFIRB's letter to the Turkey Board, click here. On June 13, 2005, BCFIRB sent a letter to the boards and commissions, and specialty producer groups with a revised timetable. To view BCFIRB's letter and revised timetable, click here. Proposals of the commodity boards made prior to BCFIRB's Directions of September 1, 2005, are as follows. BC Broiler
Hatching Egg Commission BC Chicken
Marketing Board BC Egg
Marketing Board BC Milk
Marketing Board BC Turkey
Marketing Board Certified
Organic Associations of BC,
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