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09-27-2006, 01:48 AM
Resources you will need when taking your homemade sauces to the next level.
Getting Started
FDA - Starting a Food Business (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Ecomm/foodbiz.html)
FDA - Small Business Guide (http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/Small_Business/sb_guide/default.htm)
Manufacturing
Cooperatives and Kitchens by State (http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/business/starting_business.html)
Northeast Co-packers (http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/CoPackerKitchen/index.html)
FDA - Acified and Low-Acid Canned Foods (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Ecomm/lacf-toc.html)
Good Manufacturing Practice (http://www-seafood.ucdavis.edu/GUIDELINES/gmps.htm)
Safety
General Food Safety (http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/freeform/UC_GAPs/documents/Food_Safety_Concepts_for_Novel_Foods3108.pdf)
Basic Food Safety - Microbiology (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/ext/pubs/microbiologybasic.PDF)
What Is pH? (http://www.hach.com/fmmimghach?/CODE:LG0045861|1//true)
FDA - pH Control (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ph-cntrl.html)
Approximate pH of Foods (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/lacf-phs.html)
pH Chart (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Emow/app3a.html)
CDC - Botulism (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism_g.htm)
Listeria (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/ext/pubs/listeria.PDF)
Cleaning/Sanitizing (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FS077)
Labeling
FDA - Labeling Guide (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flg-toc.html)
Farmers Markets
Farmers Markets (http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/farmmrkt.html)
Insurance
Your food business will need food liability insurance, in the form of a $1 million or $2 million policy, in order to be carried in most stores. The firms listed below can be contacted by any local or private insurance agency to discuss the writing of a food product liability policy. However, they will require several specific pieces of information concerning the product and the business (annual sales, annual payroll, etc.) in order to provide a premium quote and they may require that the request be made by an insurance agency rather than the business owner.
Insurance Placement Center
1-800-532-1002
Sedgewick & James
(423) 584-9101
Southern Insurance
Manager
(615) 356-2900
Getting Started
FDA - Starting a Food Business (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Ecomm/foodbiz.html)
FDA - Small Business Guide (http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/Small_Business/sb_guide/default.htm)
Manufacturing
Cooperatives and Kitchens by State (http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/business/starting_business.html)
Northeast Co-packers (http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/CoPackerKitchen/index.html)
FDA - Acified and Low-Acid Canned Foods (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Ecomm/lacf-toc.html)
Good Manufacturing Practice (http://www-seafood.ucdavis.edu/GUIDELINES/gmps.htm)
Safety
General Food Safety (http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/freeform/UC_GAPs/documents/Food_Safety_Concepts_for_Novel_Foods3108.pdf)
Basic Food Safety - Microbiology (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/ext/pubs/microbiologybasic.PDF)
What Is pH? (http://www.hach.com/fmmimghach?/CODE:LG0045861|1//true)
FDA - pH Control (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ph-cntrl.html)
Approximate pH of Foods (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/lacf-phs.html)
pH Chart (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Emow/app3a.html)
CDC - Botulism (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism_g.htm)
Listeria (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/ext/pubs/listeria.PDF)
Cleaning/Sanitizing (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FS077)
Labeling
FDA - Labeling Guide (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flg-toc.html)
Farmers Markets
Farmers Markets (http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/farmmrkt.html)
Insurance
Your food business will need food liability insurance, in the form of a $1 million or $2 million policy, in order to be carried in most stores. The firms listed below can be contacted by any local or private insurance agency to discuss the writing of a food product liability policy. However, they will require several specific pieces of information concerning the product and the business (annual sales, annual payroll, etc.) in order to provide a premium quote and they may require that the request be made by an insurance agency rather than the business owner.
Insurance Placement Center
1-800-532-1002
Sedgewick & James
(423) 584-9101
Southern Insurance
Manager
(615) 356-2900