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Animal Care Program and On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program Regulations

made under

Section 9 of the

Natural Products Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 308

N.S. Reg. 44/2013 (February 13, 2013, effective June 16, 2013)

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Animal Care Program and On-Farm Food Safety

Assurance Program Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Animal Care Program” means the Animal Care Program developed by the Chicken

Farmers of Canada in 2008, as amended;

“auditor” means a person chosen by the Commodity Board to perform audits in

accordance with the Animal Care Program and the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance

Program;

“certification agent” means an agent appointed by the Commodity Board for the

purpose of deciding whether to grant certification to or suspend or terminate the

certification of a producer within the requirements of the Animal Care Program and

the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program;

“ Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations ” means the Chicken Farmers of Nova

Scotia Regulations made under the Natural Products Act ;

“Commodity Board” means the Commodity Board as defined in the Chicken

Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations ;

“existing producer” means a producer who has submitted a Farm Information Form;

“Farm Information Form” means the form to be submitted by a new producer as a

requirement of the Animal Care Program and On-Farm Food Safety Assurance

Program;

“interest in base quota” means interest in base quota as defined in the Chicken

Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations ;

“licence” means a licence as defined in the Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia

Regulations ;

“marketing period” means a marketing period as defined in the Chicken Farmers of

Nova Scotia Regulations ;

“new producer” means a producer who has not submitted a Farm Information Form;

“On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program” means the “Safe, Safer, Safest” On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program developed by the Chicken Farmers of Canada

in 1998 in consultation with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, as amended;

“producer” means a producer as defined in the Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia

Regulations .

Application of these regulations

3 These regulations apply only to producers who have an interest in base quota.

Producer must meet program requirements

(1) Each producer must meet and continue to meet the requirements of the Animal Care

Program and the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program.

(2) Before a licence is issued to a new producer, the producer must confirm their

commitment to implement and meet the requirements of the Animal Care Program

and the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program by filing a completed Farm

Information Form with the Commodity Board.

Program audits

(1) An existing producer must arrange for audits to be conducted as required by the

Animal Care Program and the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program to

determine whether the producer meets or continues to meet the requirements of the

programs.

(2) An audit must be conducted on a date agreed to by the auditor and the producer

being audited.

(3) After conducting an audit, an auditor must submit the completed audit report to the

Commodity Board.

(4) After the Commodity Board receives an audit report, the certification agent must

determine whether or not the audited producer meets the requirements of the Animal

Care Program or the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program, as applicable.

Consequences of failure to meet program requirements

(1) If a new producer fails to submit a Farm Information Form, the Commodity Board

may refuse to issue a licence to the producer until the producer submits the form.

(2) If an existing producer fails to meet or continue to meet the requirements of the

Animal Care Program or the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program, the

Commodity Board may

(

a) refuse to issue a licence, in whole or in part, to the producer for future

marketing periods until an audit is conducted and the certification agent

certifies that the producer meets the requirements of the program, in

accordance with

Section 5; or

(

b) recommend to the Council that the Council suspend or revoke the licence until

an audit is conducted and the certification agent certifies that the producer

meets the requirements of the program, in accordance with

Section 5.

(3) The Council may suspend or revoke a producer’s licence on receiving a

recommendation under clause (2)(b).

Producer responsible for costs

7 All costs incurred by a producer in meeting the requirements of the Animal Care Program

and the On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program are the responsibility of the producer.