Resources
Industry:
Pilot Pant
Trainings:
- Cornell’s Good Manufacturing Practices Part 117 Online Course
- NCSU Acidified Food Manufacturing School
- Penn State Food Safety and Sanitation for Food Manufacturers Short Course
- GMA Better Process Control School
Entrepreneur:
Business:
- The Massachusetts Food Processors Resource Guide to the UMass Food Science Extension Website
- Massachusetts Food Protection Program resources for Retail Food
- U.S. SBA Business Guide
- Franklin County CDC Business Planning
- U.S. SBA Write your Business Plan
- UMass Amherst Small Business Development Center Network
- UMass Library Business Research Collection
- U.S. SBA Market Research and Competitive Analysis
- UMass Library Entrepreneurship Research Collection
- Franklin County CDC Business Counseling
- U.S. SBA Funding Programs
- Franklin County CDC Lending
- U.S. SBA Filing Taxes
- IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center
- MDPH FPP Starting a Wholesale Food Business Guide
- Department of Public Health’s Food Protection Program
- Massachusetts Department of Health Wholesale Food Business Application
- A directory of Process Authorities (that help issue scheduled processes for canning food)
- USDA Guide for Organic Processors
- Northeast Organic Farming Association
- BayState Organic- Massachusetts Organic Certifiers
- Estimated Product Development Costs for Start-Up Food Businesses
Food Safety:
- University of Wisconsin- Using and Calibrating a pH meter
- UC Davis Quick Guide to Water Activity
Low Acid Canned Foods 21 CFR 113- Acidified Foods 21 CFR 114
- Meat and Poultry HACCP
- Seafood HACCP
- Code of Massachusetts Regulations Title 105
- FDA Investigations Operations Manual
- MDAR Value Added Food Products
- New England Food Entrepreneurs
- Shared Use Kitchens Incubators (Aug 2014)
- Co-Packing Businesses
- Co-Packers (April 2021)
- Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
- FDA HACCP Principles & Application Guidelines
- FDA Manual for Voluntary use of HACCP Principles
- International HACCP Alliance
- FDA FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) How-To Videos
- Food Safety Plan for Chocolate Chip Cookie Teaching Example
- TBD: Webinar Introduction to Preventive Controls (recordings)
Production:
- FDA Health Claim Significant Scientific Agreement (SSA) Standard
- FDA Health Claims in Food Labeling FAQ
- FDA Guidance for Industry Food Labeling Guide
- Massachusetts Minimum Requirements for Packaged-Food Labeling Information Brochure
- Code of Massachusetts Regulations Title 105
- Serving Size 21 CFR 101.12 Table 2
- USDA’s Online FoodData Central
- USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
- Guidance & Regulation (Food and Dietary Supplements)
- FDA Small Business Nutrition Labeling Exemption Guidance
- USDA AG MRC Value Added Food Products
- Cornell Food Venture Center
- New England Food Entrepreneurs
- Food Business Guide
- Converting a Recipe to Formula How-To Videos
- How to Create a Spreadsheet for Recipe Conversions
Consumer:
- Penn State Guide to Home Food Preservation
- National Center for Home Food Preservation
- CDC Home Canning
- Fight BAC
- Food Safety in the Home
- Choose My Plate
- American Society for Nutrition
- Nutrition Analysis
