Traceability Adoption Program | Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF)

• Consultant fees for assessing, planning and/or implementing the project.
• Consultant fees for developing or improving recall plans, specific to the newly implemented traceability system.
• Consultant fees for conducting recall exercises of the newly implemented traceability system.
  • IMPORTANT: Fees related to recall plans/exercises cannot be the sole activity in an application.

Note: Consultants must be accredited third-party individuals.­

Purchase/License and Install Hardware

• Purchases and installation of hardware for traceability systems, including:
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or barcode readers.
  • Label printers (including those with bag closure functionality).
  • On-site database and web servers.
  • Wireless or wired connectivity within the enterprise, as required for the traceability system.

Purchase/License and Install Software

• Purchase or new annual licensing/subscription and installation of traceability software to gather, store, process, report, and track information.
  • IMPORTANT: Only that portion of livestock or crop production software with traceability functionality will be eligible for funding.

Train Staff

• Staff training by vendor (preferred) or approved accredited third-party consultant to implement traceability systems.

Purchase Electronic Devices (multi-use)

• Incremental costs for the lease, rental, or purchase of a multi-use electronic device(s) to support traceability systems. (Examples: Computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones.)
  • IMPORTANT: Multi-use electronic device(s) cannot be the sole activity in an application.