Food Safety and Growth

The Food Safety and Growth Initiative (the Initiative) provides funding to small agri-food businesses to:

  • modernize their food safety systems

  • adopt new food safety and traceability equipment, technologies and standards

  • stimulate growth in the agriculture and food sector

Funding for the Initiative comes from the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), a five-year (2023 to 2028) investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments. Up to $5 million has been allocated for the Initiative.

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Funding
Amount

Up to $75,000

Funding:
Up to 50%

Eligible Applicants

Processors,Farmers,(less then 100 employees)

Eligible
Purposes

-modernize their food safety systems.
-adopt new food safety and traceability equipment, technologies and standards.
-stimulate growth in the agriculture and food sector.

Deadline
to Apply

December 1st,2025

 

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