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Retail and Food Service industry specific resources identified to address BSE definitions, food safety implications, pricing concerns and crisis management.
What is BSE?
Current BSE information updated frequently on the Food Safety Network
Pricing
Report of the Auditor General on the Alberta government's BSE-related assistance programs (July 27, 2004).
Crisis Management
One of the Strategic Priorities of the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors is Industry Communications – providing early warning and industry positions on issues, crisis readiness and management.
Programs
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Project Investor Financing - The Project Investor Financing Program provides financing for investors to purchase shares in project companies that support rural development or the agriculture value-added industry. This financing provides an additional source of capital for Alberta's larger projects.
Direct loans, guarantees and other financing - AFSC's direct term loans and guarantees for bank operating lines of credit can help Alberta's agribusiness and small business owners respond to their changing business environments. AFSC offers a full line of financing products and services to encourage the growth and development of Alberta's business community.
Financial Counseling
AFSC understands that producers, agribusinesses and small businesses face changing business environments and market realities. AFSC lenders help their clients understand and assess their financial position so they can better manage the financing of their operations.
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Amber Gosselin.
This document is maintained by Shamim Rajani.
This information published to the web on July 22, 2004.
Last Reviewed/Revised on May 21, 2008.
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