High Priority

  • Ready-to-eat (RTE) minimally-processed fruit and vegetables (e.g. peeled, cut, washed, dried, in order to be packaged)
  • RTE bagged salads, greens or herbs (e.g. salad mix, spinach)
  • RTE meat products (e.g. pate, meat spreads, frankfurters, deli meats, beef or poultry jerky, dry/semi-dry fermented sausages)
  • Unripened or fresh soft cheese (e.g. cottage cheese, cream cheese, feta, ricotta), semi-soft cheese and unpasteurized/raw milk cheese
  • Low-acid shelf-stable canned products (e.g. canned vegetables, pH greater than 4.6)
  • Unpasteurized fruit/vegetable juice (e.g. apple cider)
  • Poultry or beef slaughter or processing
  • Sprouted seeds

Medium Priority

  • Frozen fruit and vegetables
  • Swine slaughter or processing
  • Sheep and other milk (e.g. water buffalo, mare)
  • RTE spreads and dips (e.g. hummus, tahini)
  • High-acid shelf-stable canned products (e.g. pickled products or products with a pH less than 4.6)
  • Peanuts and tree nuts (e.g. hazelnuts, walnuts)
  • Insect processing
  • Ice cream

Low Priority

  • Oilseeds (e.g. soybean, corn, canola) and grains (e.g. wheat, pea and bean, rice) for processing
  • Cooked fruit and vegetables
  • Maple syrup and honey
  • Beverages (e.g. pasteurized fruit juices, carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, alcohol)
  • Pickled meat
  • Baked goods
  • Semi-hard cheese (e.g. cheddar, brick)
  • Hard cheese (e.g. asiago, parmesan)
  • Processed cheese
  • Ice cream, fluid milk (cow & goat) and high fat and other dairy products (e.g. butter and ghee)
  • Other cultured milk products (e.g. yogurt, kefir)
  • Ready-to-serve meat products (e.g. meat pies, pizza)
  • Health and/or nutrition supplements