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Sheep Farming
The following is meant solely to help the reader understand the main features of primary regulations governing this activity, and not meant in any way to provide a legal interpretation.
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands - Food Safety and Quality Branch - Livestock Health Management & Regulation Unit:
The Livestock Health Management and Regulation Unit has three main functions: Monitor on-farm milk production, provide leadership in animal health management, and administer related Acts and Regulations.
The Unit supports the sustainability of animal agriculture, while serving to protect the wellbeing of the people of the province, by monitoring antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance; and investigating zoonotic diseases (those diseases that can pass from animals to people); as well as investigating diseases that impact livestock production.
The Unit administers a variety of Acts and Regulations - including some from the Ministries of Health and Environment - pertaining to livestock; dairy; fur farms; game farms; the manufacture and sale of medicated feed; and the sale of veterinary drugs. The Unit deals with regulatory issues such as livestock at large, livestock protection, and livestock liens.
Primary Contact:
Livestock Health Management & Regulation Unit Contacts: http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/lhmr/contacts.htm
BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Abbotsford Agriculture Centre
1767 Angus Campbell Road
Abbotsford BC V3G 2M3
Website: http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/fsq/branch/regulatory.htm
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands - Sheep & Lambs website: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/sheep/index.htm
British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board:
The British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board (FIRB) is an administrative tribunal ? a statutory appeal body with additional responsibilities for the general supervision of marketing boards and commissions (commodity boards) ? operating in the agriculture and aquaculture sectors.
The mandate of FIRB is set out in three statutes:
-the Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act (the NPMA)
-the Agricultural Produce Grading Act (the APGA)
-the Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act (the FPPA)
Primary Contact:
British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board
Mailing address:
PO Box 9129 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria BC V8W 9B5
Location:
3rd Floor, 1007 Fort Street
Victoria BC V8V 3K5
Tel: 250 356-8945
Fax: 250-356-5131
Email: firb@gov.bc.ca
Website: http://www.firb.gov.bc.ca
Secondary Contacts:
BC Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association
Website: http://www.bcsheep.com
BC Sheep Federation
Website: http://www.bcsheepfed.com
Canadian Sheep Breeders' Association
Secretary-Treasurer: Cathy Gallivan
Address: 1489 Route 560
Deerville, NB E7K 1W7
Toll-Free: 1-866-956-1116
Fax: 506-328-8165
Email: office@sheepbreeders.ca
Website: http://www.sheepbreeders.ca
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