Domestic Dairy Product Innovation Program (DDPIP)

Eligibility Criteria

• the product must be wholly or partially made with milk;
• the product must introduce to the Canadian marketplace one or a combination of significantly new or innovative factors not currently available in Canada, unless the Selection Committee considers the application acceptable based on exceptional factors;
• through its introduction, result in a net increase in the demand for milk over what would have occurred without the introduction of the product;
• the applicant must already be a licensed processor or have submitted a licensing application to the provincial authorities before a project can be approved. In any event, no milk will be delivered until the license is issued to the company.

Note: the sole fact that a proposed product is either made with organic, omega or raw milk, a product destined to certain ethnic groups (e.g. kosher), or different packaging alone does not qualify for the innovation program if one or more of the above four criteria are not met.

Eligible Activities

Production of new and innovative dairy products.

Deadline

2010-07-31

Summary

DDPIP Milk Allocations

For each approved project under the DDPIP, a specific quantity of milk is authorized for a limited period of five years starting from the first month of milk delivery. At the end of that five-year period, or earlier if the project is abandoned, the special milk allocation is terminated and regular provincial plant supply allocation procedures apply. Projects for which milk is not utilized for a period of two years will be considered abandoned and will lose the special milk allocation associated with the project. Successful DDPIP participants pay the prevailing applicable provincial price for the milk or milk components that are used under the Program.

At the termination of an approved allocation, applicants should review, with their provincial milk marketing board or agency, how milk will be supplied for products developed under this program.

Applications

Applications to the DDPIP must include information on:

• anticipated sales volume of the proposed product;
• composition of the proposed product, including for example, its butterfat and milk solids non-fat components as well as other ingredients used;
• estimated market distribution of the proposed product and the amount of milk required annually for up to five years;
• availability of similar products elsewhere in Canada; and
• any new or innovative factors being introduced to the Canadian marketplace by the development of the proposed product.

A separate application form must be completed for each product submitted for consideration under the DDPIP. The deadlines to receive the applications at the CDC are October 31, January 31, April 30 and July 31. Applications received during each three month period will be reviewed by the Selection Committee within the following two months.

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Contact(s):
See National Contact.