The Regional Slaughterers Competitiveness Support Program

Component 1 – Diagnostic studies – the objective of component 1 is to support a company or a group of producers, processors or entrepreneurs in carrying out a diagnostic study which will make it possible to:

• guide the applicant in their strategic decisions
• carry out a regional or sectoral diagnosis
• carry out plans and specifications for a project that will improve the competitiveness of a slaughter establishment or respond to a regional or sectoral issue.
• The financial assistance granted can reach 60% of eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $ 20,000 per applicant, for the duration of the program. The only eligible expenses for this component are the hiring of an external consultant.

Component 2 – Improving the competitiveness of existing slaughterhouses – aims to support a business in the improvements to be made to fixed assets to increase the competitiveness of its establishment, such as:

• optimizing the company’s slaughter capacity and improving its profitability
• the promotion of products from the main activities of the company, in particular by cutting and manufacturing cold meats
• the achievement of environmental or regulatory requirements in terms of hygiene, sanitation or animal welfare.
• The financial assistance granted may reach 50% of eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $ 100,000 per applicant, for the duration of the program. Modification of premises and purchase of equipment may be part of the eligible expenses for this component.

Component 3 – Improvement of the slaughter supply
– aims to support a company or a group of producers, processors or entrepreneurs for the realization of a development project that will meet a regional or sectoral slaughter need. The project will concern:

• construction, change of vocation or return to service of a slaughterhouse
• the addition of a production line in an existing slaughterhouse to meet a regional or sectoral need
• obtaining an operating license which will increase the level of service of a slaughterhouse.
• The financial assistance granted may reach 50% of eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $ 200,000 per applicant, for the duration of the program. The construction or modification of premises and the purchase of equipment are part of the eligible expenses.