Under the Farm Implements Act, 1990, registration as a distributor is required for any person, including a manufacturer, who, in the ordinary course of business, sells, consigns or delivers farm implements or parts to a dealer. Any person that meets the definition of both dealer and distributor should register as a distributor/dealer.
When a tile drainage machine changes ownership, the Regulations under the Agricultural Tile Drainage Installation Act requires that a notice of transfer of a machine must be completed and submitted within ten days after the transfer occurs. Where the machine is already licensed, this licence will be transferred to the new owner.
A goat bulk tank milk grader certificate is required for the grading, sampling, measuring and collection of raw goat milk from farm bulk tanks in Ontario.
As per the Ontario Bees Act and regulation 57, beekeepers are required to report sales of bees to the Provincial Apiarist. The ministry's Apiary Program is providing a template (this form) on its website for convenience and to help ensure that the minimum required information is reported.
This form is an application for a licence to operate a provincial meat plant under the Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001 and O. Reg. 31/05. It is used to apply for a new licence or to revise information on an existing licence.
A License is needed if you wish to operate a supply facility. Supply facility means premises that are used for breeding and rearing of animals to be used in research, teaching or testing. Please complete this application for a license to operate a supply facility under the Animals for Research Act. A license expires on the 31st day of December of the year of issue. Licenses must be renewed annually. A separate application and payment of fees is required for each supply.
A licensee of a provincially licensed meat plant may voluntarily surrender their meat plant licence if they no longer conduct regulated activities.
You must hold a non-shopkeeper distributor licence if you meet at least one of the following:
• You sell or distribute fluid milk products and do not operate a shop.
• You operate a shop and less than 50% by volume of your fluid milk products are sold directly to consumers from your shop.
• You are a fluid milk distributor and you don’t buy your milk products from a licensed non-shopkeeper distributor.
Licences are issued for a period of up to 3 years and must be renewed before the expiry date stated on the licence.
The application for a meat plant licence includes the completion of a Business Profile. The Business Profile is to be completed by the licensee and reviewed by OMAFRA. It captures necessary information used to assess the types of regulated activities conducted by the operation and the level of inspection services required at the facility. It also requires updates and resubmission every three years and when any changes occur to any of the contained information.
Approved meat products packaged and labelled in a provincially licensed meat plant must ensure they are labelled with a meat inspection legend before they are shipped from the facility. The Statement of Compliance Form is completed by new meat plant licence applicants and existing clients to request a Director’s permission to reproduce the meat inspection legend.
A licence is required for a person in the business of receiving, collecting and/or transporting deadstock. Once the application and supporting documents are completed and submitted, the ministry will review. After it is approved, a licence will be mailed to the applicant.
