Okanagan slaughterhouses took a hit in 2007 when new meat inspection
regulations took effect in B.C., restricting their ability to sell
products directly to consumers. Now the government has revamped
the rules, and in a two year pilot program, will allow up to five small
farms in the North Okanagan to once again sell meat at their farms and
temporary food markets, like a farmers market. But one Okanagan producer complains the program is too tightly limited. “Each
licensee will only be allowed to do five animal units per year. If you
do the math, that's 25 beef [units] in one year. We can take care of 25
beef [units] in a week,” says Richard Yntema of Valley Wide Meats in
Enderby. The changes further require all B.C. outlets that
slaughter meat for retail to develop written food-safety procedures,
create an audit program, train inspectors to provincial standards and
maintain government stamps on inspected products.Saturday, February 23, 2013
Rules loosened for North Okanagan slaughterhouses
CHBC News, Kelowna : Friday, February 22, 2013 4:15 PM
Okanagan slaughterhouses took a hit in 2007 when new meat inspection
regulations took effect in B.C., restricting their ability to sell
products directly to consumers. Now the government has revamped
the rules, and in a two year pilot program, will allow up to five small
farms in the North Okanagan to once again sell meat at their farms and
temporary food markets, like a farmers market. But one Okanagan producer complains the program is too tightly limited. “Each
licensee will only be allowed to do five animal units per year. If you
do the math, that's 25 beef [units] in one year. We can take care of 25
beef [units] in a week,” says Richard Yntema of Valley Wide Meats in
Enderby. The changes further require all B.C. outlets that
slaughter meat for retail to develop written food-safety procedures,
create an audit program, train inspectors to provincial standards and
maintain government stamps on inspected products.
Okanagan slaughterhouses took a hit in 2007 when new meat inspection
regulations took effect in B.C., restricting their ability to sell
products directly to consumers. Now the government has revamped
the rules, and in a two year pilot program, will allow up to five small
farms in the North Okanagan to once again sell meat at their farms and
temporary food markets, like a farmers market. But one Okanagan producer complains the program is too tightly limited. “Each
licensee will only be allowed to do five animal units per year. If you
do the math, that's 25 beef [units] in one year. We can take care of 25
beef [units] in a week,” says Richard Yntema of Valley Wide Meats in
Enderby. The changes further require all B.C. outlets that
slaughter meat for retail to develop written food-safety procedures,
create an audit program, train inspectors to provincial standards and
maintain government stamps on inspected products.
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