This document outlines various rules, regulations, and programs related to livestock in Canada. It discusses disease prevention programs like Premise ID that track animal locations. It also outlines regulations like the Livestock Operations Act that govern manure management. The supply of chicken is managed by the Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency. For small egg and chicken farms in New Brunswick, there are limits of 199 hens or 200 chickens per year and requirements for storage, processing and packaging.

1. Things To Know: Rules,
Regulations and Programs
Tom Byers

2. Premise Id Program
Links livestock and poultry with
geographic locations for the purposes
of responding to emergencies

3. Diseases
• Avian Influenza - H5N1 and H7N9
viral infection caused by influenza A viruses
• Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT) in Poultry
respiratory disease of chickens

4. Livestock Operations Act
Applies to new and some expanding
livestock operations to ensure proper
citing, that the manure facility is
properly designed and constructed,
and that the manure is managed in
an agronomic and environmentally
sound manner

5. Supply Management
The Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency held its
inaugural meeting in Ottawa February 5th and
6th, 1979. The U.S. was awarded access to 6.3% of
the domestic production. This percentage was
based on the historic amount of chicken that had
been imported in the years 1975-1978
establishing a predictable level of access.

6. Egg Farmers of New Brunswick
Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick
• NATURAL PRODUCTS ACT
• NEW BRUNSWICK REGULATION 82-96
• ORDERS

7. EGGS
• Limited to 199 hens
• Eggs can be sold ungraded at “Farm Gate”
• All eggs sold at retail must be graded
• Must be stored at 4 degrees or lower, clean
and free of “cracks”
• Must be new unmarked cartons

8. CHICKEN
• Limited to 200 chickens per year
• Must be processed at a Provincially or
Federally inspected Abattoir
• Must be stored at 4 degrees or lower for fresh
and 0 degrees or lower for frozen

9. Agricultural Programs