Category: General oversight
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Decision: BCFIRB to BCEMB — 2025 Election Rules and Procedures
BCFIRB provides prior approval for the B.C. Egg Marketing Board’s 2025 Election Rules and Procedures, noting that no changes were proposed following the board’s scheduled review.
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Interim decision: BCFIRB to BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission – Hatchery agency designation
BCFIRB lifts affidavit requirement for hatcheries, directs BCBHEC to resolve sector issues and report back by April 15, 2025.
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Response: BCFIRB to BC Vegetable Marketing Commission – MPL and Red Sun agency designation process
BCFIRB outlined next steps for reviewing MPL’s probationary agency designation and Red Sun’s conditional agency approval. The panel requested stakeholder submissions on compliance, process, and procedural fairness before determining further supervisory steps.
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Approval: BCFIRB to BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission – Approval of election rules for digital voting
BCFIRB approves updated election rules, adopting digital-only voting and clarifying provisions, following producer consultation.
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Update: BCCMB to BCFIRB — BC Chicken live price formula COP phase-in (A-194)
BCCMB updates BCFIRB on A-194 phase-in of new COP pricing model, corrections, allocation, JWG progress, and Ontario price differentials.
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Response: BCFIRB to BC Cranberry Marketing Commission – Independent member appointment extension
BCFIRB acknowledged the extension of Mr. A. Dolberg’s appointment as independent member until December 31, 2025, and encouraged the BCCMC to update its Industry Advisory Committee terms of reference for future appointments.
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Interim decision: BCFIRB to BC Vegetable Marketing Commission – MPL probationary agency licence extension
BCFIRB extended MPL’s probationary agency licence, subject to existing conditions from the 2023 decision, until completion of the supervisory approval process.
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Decision: Prior approval of the British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board’s decision to remove the catching cost from the B.C. live price
BCFIRB denies BCCMB’s request to remove the catching cost from the B.C. live price for pricing period A-194. It orders BCCMB to continue using the long-term pricing formula, and to comply with established monitoring and reporting requirements.
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Decision: BCFIRB to B.C. Broiler Hatching Egg Commission — BCBHEC application for approval of an interim decision to designate certain hatcheries as designated agencies
BCFIRB declines to approve the Commission’s interim decision to designate four unlicensed hatcheries as agencies, but issues a supervisory interim order requiring them to follow all licensed-hatchery rules and provide affidavits explaining their refusal to apply for 2025 hatchery licences, while BCFIRB reviews the marketable eggs and processor-instruction issues. (Re: Carleton Hatcheries Ltd. d.b.a. Fraser…
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Confirmation: BCFIRB to B.C. Broiler Hatching Egg Commission — Clarification on affidavit process and response timeline
BCFIRB confirms the process for handling affidavits from hatcheries, stating that once received, these will be provided to the BCBHEC. BCBHEC will have until January 27, 2025, to respond. BCFIRB will then assess further supervisory actions needed for the broiler hatching egg sector.