Kosher and Halal Investment Program: Step 2. Eligibility

Step 2. Eligibility

Check if you meet the criteria to apply.

Eligibility checklist

You must meet all the following criteria to be eligible.

• You're one of the following federally licensed^{note 1} for-profit organization types incorporated in Canada
  • you actively engage in red meat slaughter processing and production for kosher and/or halal
  • you have demonstratable plans to enter the kosher and/or halal red meat processing industry
• You demonstrate or provide efficiency and/or productivity plans to increase production of kosher and/or halal production that are recommended or will be recommended by either:
  • a credible person within your own organization that has signed off to the validity of the plans (such as, an industry expert or Professional Engineer)
  • an external resource that can provide credible analysis or validation of existing plans
• You identify if your facility currently engages in kosher and/or halal red meat production and if the project will be increasing productivity and/or efficiency in or has demonstratable plans to begin production in (table to be provided in application form):
  • Kosher
  • Halal
  • Both
• You're a legal entity capable of entering into a legally binding agreement

Eligible activities

Your project(s) may support multiple eligible activities under the following themes.

Efficiency and productivity evaluations

• Acquire expertise to develop to undertake an efficiency/productivity analysis of your slaughter establishment operations to recommend improvements to on-site kosher and/or halal production

Investments to support kosher and/or halal slaughter based on efficiency and productivity evaluations or plans

• Purchase, delivery, installation and implementation of equipment
• Purchase, delivery, installation and implementation of improvement technologies
• Purchase and/or upgrade equipment and storage systems

Eligible expenditures will be limited to the following nature and type:

• Acquire expertise for efficiency and productivity evaluations
• Purchase, delivery, install and implement equipment including
  • cattle-handling equipment
  • stunning apparatus
  • slaughtering devices and lines including conveyors, elevators and winches
  • meat dismembering lines and processing including deboning
  • scales
  • cutting tools
  • blades
• Purchase, delivery, install and implement improvement technologies including:
  • consciousness assessment tools
  • production line improvements
• Purchase and/or upgrade equipment and storage systems including:
  • cooler upgrades
  • building expansions/modifications

Eligible costs

Eligible costs are project expenses, claimed or contributed, that fall within the set program cost categories and respect all program limitations. To be considered eligible, all costs must be:

• included in the project application form budget
• related to the activities included in the work plan
• incurred within the work plan activities timeframe

Note: Costs you incur before AAFC approval or the project start date may not be reimbursed by AAFC, and you may be solely responsible for those expenditures.

For more information and details on cost categories, eligible costs, limitations or instructions, refer to Eligible costs.

Expected results

In your application, you must show how the activities support the increase in efficiency and/or productivity in the Canadian red meat kosher and/or halal slaughter production through your work to maintain, expand or improve the physical infrastructure required to produce kosher and/or halal red meat domestically in the medium to long-term.