BC BSE Surveillance Top Up Program
Objectives
The purpose of the top-up program is to assist British Columbia and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) attain the required level of BSE surveillance, nationally and for British Columbia, specifically.
This program is a top-up to money received from the CFIA to reimburse a portion of disposal costs for carcasses, when samples are submitted to the National BSE Surveillance Program.
The program will provide a payment of $100 per eligible animal. Eligible animals are dairy or beef animals accepted for payment under the CFIA National BSE Surveillance Program.
The program will pay on a maximum of 525 dairy animals and 1,575 beef animals during the 2009 calendar year. If the program administration receives more applications than the maximum number of animals in each category, payments will be made based on the date the application is received.
The BC Agricultural Research and Development Corporation administers the program with guidance provided by a committee of dairy and beef producers and government representatives.
2010 Program Status: Program has offically restarted.
2010 Application (submit with the cheque stub or CFIA application from CFIA)
Eligibility
An eligible producer is one who:
- Was in lawful possession of the animal(s) presented for sampling
- Under the Income Tax Act (Canada) or the British Columbia Company Act would be liable to pay BC income tax or corporate tax or claim losses from income from production of cattle in British Columbia.
Eligible animals:
- Animals that have qualified for the CFIA BSE Surveillance Program