The federal and Ontario governments are offering another $4.4 mllion to support 90 projects designed to improve food safety and traceability.
Eligible food processors, producers and service providers can receive up to $75,000 per project to improve food safety systems, adopt new food safety and traceability equipment, technologies and standards and provide employee training.
Examples of projects include:
• Vision Greens Inc., in Welland, is receiving up to $75,000 to purchase and install water filtration systems that will treat the water reaching their plants and increase food safety.
• Shefa Meats, in Toronto, is receiving up to $74,684 to hire third-party consultants to improve its traceability program, install a barcoding system to increase traceability of products and expand its customer base.
• West Grey Premium Beef Inc., in Durham, is receiving up to $75,000 to purchase and install new clipping and packaging equipment and third-party services to update food safety programs to increase traceability and food safety of product and meet customer demands.
