Regulations

Information for Pacific Northwest Poultry Association Members

»Provincial annual allowances for non-quota meat bird producers
      a. 200 for own use (not allowed to sell)
      b. 3000 kg (live weight) to sell, must have small lot annual permit ($20).
» Provincial annual allowances for non-quota egg producers.
      a. 99 hens
» Turkey
      a. 50 poults for own use (note it’s based on poults placed not turkeys grown/slaughtered)
      b. 300 poults under small lot grower permit
» Ducks & Geese – no marketing board to date
» Game birds – no marketing board to date

BC Turkey Board General Orders & Definitions – pertinent sections for small growers: Dec 2009
Turkey Marketing Board (2006):

in the definitions section:
"direct vendor (small lot) grower” means a person who may place no more than 300 turkey poults in any one quota year, has been licensed by the Board as a direct vendor (small lot) grower, markets regulated product direct to consumers at the farm gate, at a farmers’ market, through an independent butcher shop, or through an independent restaurant; but not to any wholesaler, broker, processor broker, turkey broker, commercial retail grocery chain, or commercial foodservice chain;"

DIVISION 3 – LICENSING Requirement to Hold Licence
13.    (a)    No person shall act as a commercial grower, certified organic grower, new entry grower, direct vendor (small lot) grower, breeder, agency, processor, processor broker, turkey broker, exporter, live haul trucker, hatchery or poult broker unless in possession of a valid licence issued by the Board, and no person shall be relieved of compliance with the requirements in respect of any class of licence on the grounds that such person is the holder of a valid licence of another class.
(b)    Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who places less than 50 turkeys, for personal consumption, in a quota year.
............or the negative approach:
61.    No hatchery, poult broker or grower shall sell or otherwise supply more than 50 poults in one quota year to any person who is not licensed by the Board.
62.    No hatchery, poult broker or grower shall sell or otherwise supply more than 300 poults in one quota year to any person licensed as a direct vendor (small lot) grower."
The General Order can be found on their publications page, towards the bottom: http://www.bcturkey.com/publications.php?mod=cat&catid=10

Chicken Board General Orders & Definitions – pertinent sections to small growers –December 2009

“new entrant grower or NEG” is a grower who has successfully completed the requirements under the New Entrant Grower Program contained in Part 50, and has received issuance of either specialty quota or primary quota;
“new grower” means a holder of quota or a permit, who prior to the date on which the Board allotted quota or a permit to the grower, was not a holder of quota or a permit; “permit” means production allotment to a maximum of 3,000 kg live weight per year for intra-provincial use only under Part 51; unless otherwise given permission by CFC or the Board;

Part 2 Exemptions

2.1 These General Orders apply to all chicken except:

a. chicks, pullets, and cockerels marketed for the purpose of being used for the production of eggs;

b. chicks that are sold to a grower for production of chicken by the grower on the grower’s
premises and for consumption by the grower on the grower’s premises;

              c. chicken used for the production of eggs or hatching eggs that have completed a normal useful
                  laying cycle or breeding cycle for the production of eggs or hatching eggs; and
              d. chicken used for home consumption in the amount not exceeding 200 birds per calendar year.

6.2 No licence shall be issued to any natural person under the age of 19 years or any corporation controlled by any person
   under the age of 19 years or to any firm, partnership or joint venture where a party   thereto is under the age of 19 years

6.3 No licence shall be issued to a grower whose premises and buildings are not held in the grower’s name with the exception of
       permit holders under Part 51 of the Orders.

Part 19 Custom Processing Information

19.1 Every processor who custom processes chicken shall, in respect of all such chicken, file with the Board a complete and accurate return in the prescribed form showing with respect to all such chicken, the processing date, name, address, and telephone number of the person on whose account the chicken was processed, number of chickens processed, gross weight of chicken processed, average weight of chicken processed, and the type of chicken, on a weekly basis unless otherwise permitted by the Board.
19.2 Every processor who designates chicken to be custom processed shall, forthwith upon request by the Board provide the name, address and telephone number of the person on whose account such chicken is to be custom processed and the number of chicken to be custom processed.

Part 51 Permits

51.1 The permit is intended for small lot growers and self marketers and is for a maximum of 3,000 kg live weigh per annum.
51.2 The permit is non-transferable.
51.3 Part 5 Application for Licence applies to permit holders.
51.4 Permit holders under this part are exempt from Part 14 and Schedule 5. There will be no levy or GST collected on chicken
        slaughtered under this permit.
51.5 Permit holders under this part must report placement and shipments to the Board as per Section 17.2 and Section 4.9 in a
        timely manner.
51.6 No growth will be permitted beyond the 3,000 kg live weight/year maximum. Marketing in excess of the maximum may result
        in revocation of permit or other actions as deemed appropriate by the Board.
51.7 If a permit holder under this program applies for, qualifies and is granted specialty quota or primary quota, the permit will
        revert to the Board.
51.8 The permit expires December 31st of each year and application must be made to renew yearly.
51.9 One permit per person or property per calendar year is permitted. A permit may not be combined with any class of quota.
51.10 Permit holders under this part are exempt from provincial allocation and are not eligible for pro-rata increases.
51.11 Permit holders are exempt from Part 26 Undermarketing and Part 27 Overmarketing and Overplacement. There will be no
          carry forward of over or undermarketings except where noted in section 51.6.
51.12 Permit holders are exempt from Part 22 Quota Production Periods and Cycles and Part 23 Production Quotas. No Quota
          Production Allotment (QPA) forms and Quota Production Update (QPU) forms will be generated.
51.13 There is no requirement for land ownership.
51.14 Permit holders are subject to audit by the Board as per Part 56 Access to Information.
51.15 All small lot growers of chicken in the province of British Columbia will be given an opportunity to apply for a permit.
          Unregistered small lot growers will have 30 days from written notification by BCCMB inspectors to submit an application for
          licence.
51.16 The Board reserves the right to limit the number of new permits issued in any given year.
51.17 Permit holders are licensed by the Board, but are not listed on the “Register of Growers”.