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Egg 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.
BC Egg Marketing Board:
BCEMB functions under the authority of the Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia) Act and the British Columbia Egg Marketing Scheme, 1967.
Licence Issuance - No person shall keep or maintain for the purposes of egg production or grow or
produce for marketing, pack, store, transport or market the regulated product within British Columbia
unless he is qualified for and applies to and does obtain from the Board annually, one or more
appropriate licences of the types hereinafter described:
1. Registered Producer Licence.
2. Producer-Vendor Licence.
3. Producer-Grader Licence.
4. Commercial Hatching Egg Producer (Breeder) Licence.
5. Registered Grading Station Operator Licence.
6. Processed Egg Station (Breaker) Licence.
7. Chick Hatchery Operator Licence.
8. Marketing Licence.
9. Chick Sales Agent Licence.
10. Temporary Restricted Quota Licence.
New Entrant Draw - Due to small amount of quota available and the large number of persons interested in
entering the egg business, the Board has opted for annual New Entrant Draws instead of
setting up lengthy waiting lists. The draws will be conducted by a third party and staff are in
the process of developing the policies and procedures that will govern the process.
British Columbia Provincial Egg Quota Exchange - All producers wishing to sell quota (Laying Hens) must do so through the Provincial Quota Exchange. Exemptions from this rule only include full farm transfers, direct family transfers (spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister), and business reorganization where percentage of ownership does not change.
A Provincial Egg Quota Exchange is a program by which persons are able to buy and sell egg marketing quota (excluding farm lands and buildings).
Legislation Governing Egg Production:
Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act
BC Egg Marketing Scheme
BC Agricultural Produce Grading Act
Egg Product Regulation
Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act
The regulations surrounding egg production in BC are administered by the BC Egg Marketing Board. Contact the BCEMB for further information.
Primary Contact
BC Egg Marketing Board
150-32160 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Tel: 604-556-3348
Fax: 604-556-3410
Email: bcemb@bcegg.com
Website: http://www.bcegg.com/home.aspx
Secondary Contact
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. Appeals to decisions by the BC Egg Marketing Board should be directed to FIRB.
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/index.htm
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