On-Farm Food Safety Programs

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The On-Farm Food Safety (OFFS) Programs are Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) based food safety systems developed for various commodities to enhance food safety, maintain consumer confidence and facilitate market access. These programs comply with federal, provincial and territorial legislation and are delivered by a provincial delivery agent or by the national industry organization that owns the program. They all have gone through a thorough Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)-led technical review process, part of the federal Food Safety Recognition Program.

Commodity	Program Name	Alberta Contact
Beef Cattle	Verified Beef Production	Alberta Beef Quality Starts Here
Broiler Hatching Eggs	Canadian Hatching Egg Quality Program (CHEQ)	Poultry Health Services
Chicken	Safe, Safer, Safest (On Farm Food Safety Assurance Program)	Alberta Chicken Producers
Pullets	Start Clean Stay Clean - Pullets	Egg Farmers of Alberta
Dairy	Canadian Quality Milk Program	Alberta Milk
Eggs	Start Clean-Stay Clean Program	Egg Farmers of Alberta
Grains, Oilseeds, Pulses	Canada Grains Council	Canada Grains Council
Herbs and Spices	Good Agriculture and Collection Practices (GACP)	Herb, Spice & Specialty Agriculture Association
Hogs	Canadian Quality Assurance Program	Alberta Pork
Horticulture - Fruits and vegetables - Greenhouse Production	CanadaGap Program	CanadaGap Program
Sheep	Food Safe Farm Practices	Alberta Lamb Producers
Goat	The Goat On-Farm Food Safety (GOFFS) Program	Alberta Goat Association
Turkey	Turkey Farmers of Canada's (TFC) On-Farm Food Safety Programs	Alberta Turkey Producers
Veal	Veal Quality Assurance Program	Ontario Veal Association
Cervid	Cervid Live Animal and Velvet Antler On-Farm Food Safety Program	Alberta Elk Commission

This document is maintained by Amrit Matharu.
This information published to the web on July 25, 2014.
Last Reviewed/Revised on June 11, 2018.