2. Beamish
Orchard
–
Apple
Bu2er
• Key
considera7on:
– Nutri7on
– Organic
• A
lot
to
learn!
– HACCP
– CFIA
labeling
– Marke7ng
(UPC)

3. Beamish
Orchard
–
Deep
Roots
Dis7llery
• Second
project;
engaging
BioFoodTech
• Can
use
unmarketable
apples

4. Regulatory
Issues
–
Food
Processing
CFIA
website:
www.inspec7on.gc.ca
Acts
and
Regula7ons
Organic
Products
Meat,
Seafood
and
Dairy
-­‐
higher
risk
Processed
Products
–
lower
risk
Unregulated
Processed
Products
–
no
registra7on
required
• Regulated
Processed
Products
(those
with
a
standard
of
iden7ty)
–
registra7on
required
•
•
•
•
•
•
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5. Registered
Facility
–
What
is
Involved?
• Prerequisite
Program
(FSEP
or
QMP)
–
basically
your
background
quality
program
including
pest
control,
sanita7on
procedures,
shipping
and
receiving,
etc.
• HACCP
plans
for
produc7on
process
• Other
quality
programs
may
be
implemented
due
to
client
demands
(BRC,
SQF,
etc.)
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6. Regulatory
Issues
–
Organic
Processing
• 95%
of
ingredients
in
cer7fied
organic
processed
food
products
must
be
organic
• Cleaning
agents
must
be
acceptable:
mainly
hydrogen
peroxide
and
chlorine
based
• Processes
mainly
the
same
as
conven7onal
• Storage,
processing
and
handling
must
observe
good
segrega7on
from
non-­‐organics
• Shipping
must
observe
segrega7on
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7. Certification Bodies Providing Organic Certification Services – Canada
(from CFIA website)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Atlan&c
Cer&fied
Organic
Co-­‐opera&ve
Limited,
NS
Bri&sh
Columbia
Associa&on
for
Regenera&ve
Agriculture,
BC
CCOF
Cer&fica&on
Services,
LLC,
California
Centre
for
Systems
Integra&on,
ON
Consorzio
per
il
Controllo
dei
ProdoF
Biologici
Società
a
responsabilità
limitata,
Italy
Ecocert
Canada,
QC
Fraser
Valley
Organic
Producers
Associa&on
,
BC
Global
Organic
Alliance,
Ohio
Interna&onal
Cer&fica&on
Services
Incorporated
,
North
Dakota
LETIS
S.A.,
Argen&na
Oregon
Tilth
Incorporated
,
Oregon
Organic
Cer&fiers,
California
Organic
Crop
Improvement
Associa&on
,
Nebraska
Organic
Producers
Associa&on
of
Manitoba
Co-­‐opera&ve
Incorporated
,
MB
Pacific
Agricultural
Cer&fica&on
Society
,
BC
Pro-­‐Cert
Organic
Systems
Ltd.
,
SK
Quality
Assurance
Interna&onal
Incorporated
,
California
Quality
Cer&fica&on
Services
,
Florida
Organisme
de
Cer&fica&on
Québec
Vrai
,
QC
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8. Private
product
development
workshops
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
New
product
ideas
BioFoodTech
developers
People
from
the
company
Chefs
100+
ideas
Short
list
of
3-­‐5
Prototype

9. Funding
Available
• Canadian
Clients
-­‐
SMEs
– NRC-­‐IRAP
Contribu7on
Agreement
• Small
innova7on
projects
• 100%
up
to
$10,000
contribu7on
– NRC-­‐IRAP
Projects
(max
75%
gov’t
por7on)
• 80%
of
eligible
company
costs
• 50%
of
eligible
subcontracted
costs
• PEI
Clients
–
PEI
registered
companies
– Product
Development
Fund
• Development
work
at
BioFoodTech
• 50%
up
to
$50,000
contribu7on

10. Contact
Info
Beamish Orchard: www.beamishorchard.ca/
BioFoodTech: www.biofoodtech.ca/
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