MAG Eligibility Criteria

Milk processors registered with the CFIA, further processors (food product manufacturers or other), or Canadian and foreign investors may apply to the MAG program once they demonstrate that their activities will grow the overall demand for milk and milk products in Canada.

To be eligible, applicants must submit a business plan that will address the following eligibility criteria:
  • New investment such as new product line, new technologies, packaging methods/techniques, modernization of equipment necessary for product development activities and,
  • Net increase in the use of Canadian milk or milk ingredients with limited impact on similar products currently manufactured from Canadian milk or ingredients.
The information to be provided in the business plan is listed on the form in
Appendix 1.