Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Rules and Regulations for Growing and Marketing Poultry in Manitoba
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To sell chicken or turkey products in stores, restaurants or public markets, the birds
must be processed at a provincially or federally inspected poultry plant. These plants
have a government inspector on-hand whenever birds are processed to determine which are
edible. The two provincially inspected poultry processors are Waldner's Meats and Westman Processors Ltd.. The federally inspected
processors are Dunn-Rite Food
Products Ltd., Granny's
Poultry Co-operative (Manitoba) Ltd., and Northern Goose Processors Ltd..
The carcasses and meat from birds processed at provincially inspected plants can only be
sold within Manitoba while those from birds processed at federally inspected plants can be
sold throughout Canada. For extra information about provincially inspected plants, contact
James Drew at Manitoba Health (204-788-6745). For more information about federally
inspected plants in Manitoba, contact the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency at 204-983-2200. People selling inspected carcasses or meat to
stores, restaurants or public markets must obtain a food handling permit and have their
facilities inspected by an environmental health officer; adequate refrigeration facilities
will be a key aspect of the inspection. To cut and wrap poultry products, a meat
processing permit is necessary. For information about food handling and meat processing
permits, contact your local environmental health officer or call Manitoba Conservation at
204-945-7100 or City of Winnipeg, Environmental Health Branch at 204-986-2443. Anyone
acting as a broker or wholesaler of poultry products must obtain a poultry dealer's
license from the Animal Industry Branch of Manitoba Agriculture and Food (204-945-7683).
Chickens and turkeys processed on-farm or at an uninspected custom processing plant cannot be sold to wholesalers, stores, restaurants or public markets. Note that a custom-processing plant may be licensed as a food preparation establishment by a local public health officer but unless a government inspector is always present when birds are processed, the plant is not inspected. Uninspected carcasses cannot be sold beyond the farm-gate to anyone but the final consumer. Carcasses sold from the farm gate directly to the final consumer must be labelled as "Not Government Inspected" along with the producers' name and address. Any notice or advertisement of the ale of uninspected poultry carcasses from the farm gate must include the statement that the poultry being sold is "Not Government Inspected.". Deboned meat and cut-up parts from uninspected birds cannot be sold to anyone - not even at the farm gate. No one can resell or broker uninspected poultry or poultry products. Some civic and municipal bylaws may apply to the sale of poultry products in your area. For example, the City of Winnipeg has a bylaw regulating the sale of egg and poultry products. The City of Winnipeg Environmental Health Branch can be contacted at 204-986-2443 for more information concerning this bylaw. 2) Producing, Grading and Marketing Eggs Anyone can have up to 99 laying hens on their farm. For information about quota regulations for laying hens, contact Manitoba Egg Producers at 204-488-4888. All eggs sold in stores, restaurants or public markets must be first graded at a federally registered grading stations. Ungraded eggs can be sold from the farm gate but the carton of eggs must be labelled "ungraded" along with the name and address of the producer. Four commercial (Burnbrae Farms Ltd., >Countryside Farms Ltd., Grand Valley Eggs Ltd., and Nature's Farm) and over thirty small egg graders are licensed in Manitoba. For more information on registration and inspection of egg grading stations, contact James Rogowsky at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (204-983-8526). Anyone acting as a broker or wholesaler of eggs must obtain a poultry dealer's license from the Animal Industry Branch of Manitoba Agriculture and Food (204-945-7683). no one can resell or broker uninspected eggs or egg products. Retailers, brokers and wholesalers need to obtain a food handling permit; contact your local environmental health officer or call Manitoba Conservation at 204-945-7100 or City of Winnipeg, Environmental Health Branch at 204-986-2443 for more information. Some civic and municipal bylaws may apply to the sale of poultry products in your area. For example, the City of Winnipeg has a bylaw regulating the sale of egg and poultry products. The City of Winnipeg Environmental Health Branch can be contacted at 204-986-2443 for more information concerning this bylaw. 3) Hatcheries and Hatchery Supply Flocks Any hatchery with 1,000 eggs or more incubator capacity must be federally registered with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (204-983-2200). All registered broiler hatcheries must be licensed by the Manitoba Chicken Producers. (204-489-4603). All hatching egg flocks shipping eggs to a federally registered hatchery in Manitoba must be inspected by Manitoba Agriculture and Food and registered with the Manitoba Chicken Producers (204-489-4603). Contact Nelson Bowley at the CVO/Food Safety Knowledge Centre of Manitoba Agriculture and Food for more information on inspection of breeder flocks (204-945-7677). For information on quota regulations regarding hatching egg flocks, please contact:
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