Province funds tissue disposal

The province is providing $500,000 to help BC abattoirs deal with waste animal tissue following slaughter.

“This is great news,” says Nova Woodbury, executive director of the BC Association of Abattoirs, one of a number of industry representatives who advised the province on the funding. “Animal hide prices are low, options for waste disposal are increasingly limited and disposal costs are increasing.”

The funds are the residue of the $5 million Livestock Waste Tissue Initiative the province set up under the BC Waste and Specified Risk Material Handling and Disposal Strategy in 2005.

The program aimed to support processors adapting to new government regulations regarding the disposal of animal tissue. A portion was then made available to municipalities and the program has now been “revitalized” to assist processors.

The funding provides up to $40,000 per applicant to cover half the cost of projects including composting systems, cold storage and transport systems specifically for livestock waste tissue and infrastructure upgrades directly related to livestock waste tissue disposal systems.

All licensed abattoirs located in BC are eligible to apply, as well as BC processors handling Specified Risk Materials (SRM), not-for-profit organizations representing the abattoir and livestock sectors and Indigenous organizations with direct connections to abattoirs and meat processors.

Woodbury says several of her members intend to apply when applications open September 8. The deadline for submissions is September 25 at 4:30pm. Program details are available at [https://iafbc.ca/livestock-waste-tissue-initiative/].

2 weeks ago

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is preparing to implement changes to its livestock traceability rules that will include mandatory computer reporting within seven days on movement of animals for veterinary appointments, community pastures, exhibitions, carcass and on-farm disposal and the births and deaths of every animal on your farm. Writer Tom Walker first brought these changes to the attention of our readers back in June 2023. We've posted his story to our website:

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I love hpw the cow in the picture hasn't even got a RFID tag in it but I digress. We can not read the link, it says "we are not permitted to read drafts". Please post again with the correct link.

Dairy farmers having been doing this several years. The app we use has become quite simple to use

Including equine?

Premise ID was slowly rolled through the country, voluntary then mandatory. Transparency and 'Consultation' has been light. Those who tried to bring this for discussion a couple years ago, because of forseen overreach, were quite often labeled conspiracy theorists and that it wasnt meant to be so heavily regulated and controlled. Gardens and seeds will be next. "Invasive species" reporting, check out the plants medicinal properties. Read the BC intentions papers. The premise ID that already heavy regulated commodities have claims to be treated different in the intentions papers on page 8. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/agriculture-and-seafood/food-saf...

Says i am "not allowed to preview draft".

Also concerning is the part on compliance...they can 'stumble onto' any farm and if you're not complying there are consequences.

When the CFIA stumbles into the wrong place compliance will be met with civil engagement

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This is government overreach - Do Not Comply!

Do not comply

As if the price of beef isn't bad enough for consumers,,,,,be prepared to be gouged some more now

Ridiculous!!

Let's hold up on the beef exports tell we can get our own house in order... we need to deregulated, cheapen up the supply chain back into a 5 buck a pound rage so the good people canada can eat healthy food.. fuck your bean diets, that's retarded

This, along with the majority of new legislation pertaining to any type of farm, is a blatant squeeze on any sort of small, alternative agricultural venture. I am a massive believer in working together and sharing resources and costs and solutions - do not get me wrong - but this and the water registration among others, is an overreach (at most generous) and an absolute killer to smaller, local initiatives that LITERALLY save lives during extreme events. There is ONE ROAD into and out of my community. We don’t need or want some sort of backlogged government response when shit goes sideways. We want the ability AND SUPPORT to provide for our communities without penalty when things go badly. We want to produce sustainability for our communities. We live here, we work here, we want to STAY HERE. Stop making it harder.

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BC's minimum piece rates for 15 hand-harvested crops increased 2.6% on December 31. Crops include peaches, apricots, brussels sprouts, daffodils, mushrooms, apples, beans, blueberries, cherries, grapes, pears, peas, prune plums, raspberries and strawberries. Farm-worker piece rates in BC were increased by 11.5% in January 2019 and 6.9% in December 2024. BC’s current minimum wage sits at $17.85 per hour.

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I'm not sure what they're telling us. Did peace rates have to increase so that Farm workers could make minimum wage?

They deserve it, but the general public will be whining about increased prices in the stores. Will need to make more information average to the g.p.

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Water volumes from the Nooksack River are at levels similar to 1990 and 2021, but the province says flows should peak at 10pm tonight. The shorter duration, as well as conditions in other watercourses within the watershed and performance of flood protection infrastructure should avoid a catastrophe on the scale of 2021. However, several landslides mean road closures have once again effectively isolated the Lower Mainland from the rest of the province.

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