Type: Decision
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BCFIRB follow-up and conditional approval – GEP revisions in response to quota governance supervisory review
BCFIRB conditionally approved the Milk Board’s Graduated Entrant Program revision, requiring a 10-year prohibition on exempt family quota transfers to prevent “double dipping.” GEP recipients who breach this rule will lose all program benefits.
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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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Preliminary decision: Hardy and Bond v. Stanhope Dairy Farm et al.
Complaints about noise, odour, pests, and truck traffic at Central Saanich composting/trucking operation. Hearing was adjourned, finding the complaints vexatious where the primary aim was to prove it was not a farm operation.
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Decision: Hill v. Gauthier
Complaint related to odour and pests from manure management practices on a cattle farm.
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Decision: Prior approval chicken interim pricing formula weight class amendment starting period A-178
BCFIRB approves the BC Chicken Marketing Board’s request to change the Ontario weight class reference in the interim formula to 2.15kg – 2.45kg, effective period A-178. This is BCFIRB’s final decision on the weight class change, a component of the BCCMB’s June 10, 2022, request that BCFIRB had deferred in its June 28, 2022, decision.
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Preliminary decision: Appellant v. British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Appeal of a BC SPCA seizure decision was dismissed due to a late filing fee.
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Decision: Paul Kuszyk, Three Gates Farm v. B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
BCFIRB dismisses Paul Kuszyk’s appeal against BCCMB’s decision to deny his request to remove transfer restrictions on incentive quota offered to new entrant growers on Vancouver Island.
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Decision: Supervisory review of B.C. Chicken Marketing Board pricing-related recommendations
BCFIRB issued a decision on the supervisory review of BCCMB’s pricing-related recommendations, addressing issues such as the live price model, assurance of supply and the Market Development Program.
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Decision: BCFIRB — Supervisory Review of BCMMB Accommodation Levy Policy
BCFIRB conducted a supervisory review of the BCMMB’s Accommodation Levy Policy to assess its alignment with sound marketing policy. The review concluded that the policy does not accord with sound marketing policy and directed the Milk Board to analyze the costs of the current system and engage interest holders in consultation.
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Decision: BCFIRB — Prior Approval Review of the BCEMB’s 2010 New Producer Program Lottery Recommendations
Decision on the B.C. Egg Marketing Board’s recommendations for its New Producer Program lottery, following a joint review of the program’s first lottery draw.