Beamish  Orchard  –  Apple  Bu2er  •  Key  considera7on:  

– Nutri7on  – Organic  

•  A  lot  to  learn!  – HACCP  – CFIA  labeling  – Marke7ng  (UPC)  

Beamish  Orchard  –    Deep  Roots  Dis7llery  

•  Second  project;  engaging  BioFoodTech  •  Can  use  unmarketable  apples  

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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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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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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•  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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Certification Bodies Providing Organic Certification Services – Canada (from CFIA website)

Private  product  development  workshops  

•  New  product  ideas  •  BioFoodTech  developers  •  People  from  the  company  •  Chefs  •  100+  ideas  •  Short  list  of  3-­‐5  •  Prototype  

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    

Contact  Info  

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Beamish Orchard: www.beamishorchard.ca/

BioFoodTech: www.biofoodtech.ca/