Producers must pay a $0.04 per kilogram fee on marketed live-weight turkey, and processors must deduct and remit the fee on the stated schedule.
Turkey Producers Emergency Relief Fund Fee Regulation, M.R. 101/2020 The Farm Products Marketing Act , C.C.S.M. c. F47 NOTE: This regulation was enacted in English only. Regulation 101/2020 Registered October 23, 2020 This regulation is made under the Manitoba Turkey Producers Marketing Plan Regulation , Manitoba Regulation 38/2004, and is Regulation No. 2, 2020 of Manitoba Turkey Producers. Fee imposed on producers 1 A fee is imposed on each producer of $0.04 per kilogram (live weight) of turkey marketed by such producer. Time of imposition of fee 2 The fee imposed under this regulation shall be due and payable by the producer to this Board at the time and place of marketing of the turkey by the producer. Processor's obligation to deduct and to remit 3 Each processor shall, at the time it takes delivery of turkey, deduct from the monies payable for such turkey all fees payable by the producer to this Board and shall remit such fees to this Board at its office, 895B Century Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3H 0M3, not later than seven days after the fifteenth day or the last day of each month, whichever occurs first. Producer's obligation to remit if not deducted 4 Despite section 2, a producer shall remit to this Board at its office, 895B Century Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3H 0M3, all fees payable by such producer under this regulation that were not deducted and remitted to this Board by the person who received the turkey from the producer, not later than seven days after the last day of the week in which such turkey was marketed. Non-application of regulation 5 This regulation does not apply to the marketing of turkeys that are less than 10 days old. Time-limited application of regulation 6 No fee is to be imposed under this regulation after April 23, 2021. September 15, 2020 Manitoba Turkey Producers: Rachelle Brown, Chair Helga Wheddon, General Manager APPROVED October 21, 2020 Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council: Ed Helwer, Chair Ingrid Peters-Fransen, Secretary