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Agri-Food Accelerator Program: Food Safety Obstacles To Market Program

  • This program is currently closed.

Amount:

$10,000

Type of Program:

Grants


Description:

The Food Safety Obstacles To Market Program focuses on assisting products to get to market by assisting companies with overcoming a specific retail food safety requirement/obstacle that prevents a product from getting to an identified retail market in a timely manner, or keeping those markets open when requirements change.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is up to a maximum of $10,000 per annum per applicant.
Projects are cost-shared to a maximum of 50/50 with applicants.
Applicants must pay 20% of their contribution for the project to begin, with the remaining 80% of their contribution due at project completion.
 


When It Ends:

Closed

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be Nova Scotia-based agriculture producers or agri-food and beverage processors,
  • have a product already being sold direct to consumers who are ready for retail sales OR who will have a retail market closed to them because of their lack of a food safety program,
  • have a product that, as a minimum, contains at least 20% Nova Scotia-based agricultural products as ingredient.

Application Steps:

1

submit the completed application form,

2

provide further information if required,

3

be able to provide a 20% down payment of their portion of the project before work begins,

4

complete two of Perennia’s On-line Food Safety Fundamentals Courses before work can begin on their project, if receiving funding of more than $3,000.

Scheduling of the project may begin immediately upon application approval with a signed project plan. 

Program Contact:

​Food Safety Obstacles To Market Program

​Nova Scotia Agri–Food Accelerator Program​​​

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