Producer – Preventing Introduction and Spread of Pests Through Isolation, Sanitation, and Controlling Work Flow

Eligible Expenses

• Modifications or additions to existing structures to establish an anteroom or header house into high-risk areas such as propagation areas or susceptible crops
  • Proposed modifications or additions must clearly demonstrate separation of clean and dirty traffic flow through a controlled access point
• Modifications or additions to existing structures to facilitate more efficient movement of plants and people to reduce biosecurity risks, for example:
  • Clearly defining zones (e.g., RAZ; high-risk area) and access points to these zones using signage, fencing, insect-proof barriers, grading or landscaping
  • Improving the efficiency of traffic flow to reduce contamination through establishing new or re-routing existing walkways, laneways, access routes and vehicle turning areas
  • Installing barriers that can be used during times of high-risk if walkways, for example, cannot be re-routed (e.g., drop screens to protect sensitive crops or propagation material if culled or finished material must pass through the area)
  • Controlling access to operation and buildings through gates, fencing, signage, locks, barriers or security monitoring equipment
• Construction of hard surface (e.g., concrete pad) or wash bay for cleaning and disinfecting vehicles and equipment within the CAZ or at a CAP, including:
  • Installation of sanitation facilities at CAPs or anterooms to higher risk areas must be part of a complete transition area for effective biosecurity
  • Replacing interior surfaces (e.g., walls, flooring, dividers) with non-porous washable materials such as concrete, puck board or stainless steel
• Installation of specialized cleaning and disinfection equipment (e.g., tractor attachments for cleanout, permanent footbaths, equipment to sterilize pots or beds)
• Installing a treatment system for the purpose of disinfecting or removing pathogens, particulate, crop residue or contaminants from water
• Construction of a new structure used only as a quarantine or isolation facility or modification of an existing structure to be used only as a quarantine or isolation facility that reduces biosecurity risks identified in your biosecurity assessment
  • Must have separate air space, controlled access point and be easily cleaned and disinfected
  • Includes modification of existing structures to create segregation areas for distinct cohorts (e.g., new plant shipments) or between areas of high-risk and low-risk (e.g., propagation vs. production)
• Emergency elimination of plant or soil materials posing a biosecurity risk to plant health (e.g. contaminated by spores or pests), specifically:
  • Construction materials to build a containment area to hold contaminated plant material or soil until destruction or movement to a proper waste management facility
  • Trucking expenses to move contaminated plant or soil to proper waste management facility
  • Expenses incurred from implementation of sanitation procedures by an external company, or internal costs of purchasing sanitation supplies
• In-kind contributions