Industry: Turkey
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Order: Sound marketing policy and board authority — Mandatory poultry disease insurance
BCFIRB directs B.C. poultry boards not to exercise regulatory authority to support a proposed captive insurance company for avian influenza coverage, citing legal uncertainties and sound marketing policy concerns.
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Letter: BCFIRB to B.C. Broiler Hatching Egg Commission, B.C. Chicken Marketing Board, B.C. Milk Marketing Board, B.C. Hog Marketing Board, B.C. Turkey Marketing Board, B.C. Egg Marketing Board — Regulated marketing and animal welfare
BCFIRB outlines its expectations for regulated marketing boards and commissions to address animal welfare standards under the NPMA. BCFIRB emphasizes the importance of proactive risk management and enforceable standards to maintain consumer confidence and orderly marketing. Boards are encouraged to report progress using SAFETI principles.
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Letter: BCFIRB to BCBHEC, BCEMB, BCCMB, BCTMB — Use of contingency funds for avian influenza response
BCFIRB confirms that the BCBHEC, BCEMB, BCCMB and BCTMB have discretion to use contingency funds to support a return to orderly marketing following the avian influenza outbreak, in accordance with the Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act and SAFETI principles.
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Notification: BCFIRB to regulated marketing boards and commissions — Working with the Lobbyists Registration Act
BCFIRB’s letter to general managers outlines its understanding of the Lobbyists Registration Act’s impact on its statutory mandates and clarifies that regulated marketing boards and commissions do not need to register as lobbyists when communicating with BCFIRB regarding statutory mandates. However, boards must assess registration requirements in other contexts.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Supply Managed Boards — Quota management issues and new entrant collateral
BCFIRB raises concerns that the declining quota transfer assessment (established during the Specialty Review) is harming new entrants’ ability to use quota as collateral.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Supply Managed Boards — Direction on principles and procedures for distribution of national allocations
BCFIRB outlines the requirement for marketing boards and commissions (BCBHEC, BCMMB, BCCMB, BCTMB, BCEMB) to establish clear principles and criteria for distributing national allocations.
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Letter: BCFIRB to BCBHEC, BCMMB, BCCMB, BCTMB, BCEMB — Suggested Response Framework for Principles and Procedures for Distribution of National Allocations
Following its December 2007 directive, BCFIRB provides a suggested framework, based on the 2004 Regulated Marketing Economic Policy, to assist supply-managed boards in developing their quota allocation principles.
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Preliminary decision: K & M Farms v British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board
This decision concerned K & M Farms’ allegation of bias against Vice-Chair Christine Elsaesser during their BCTMB turkey quota appeal. The Panel found the claim unfounded and dismissed the objection.
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Letter:BCFIRB to supply-managed boards — Direction on declining transfer assessment for all quota
BCFIRB directs the five supply-managed boards to apply a declining transfer assessment schedule to all classes of quota, including mainstream. This followed its September 1, 2005 directions on new entrants and specialty production.