 What regulations will I have to follow? Find your proposed food product on the following table to determine which regulations will apply to your products. Then call the relevant inspector to find out all the regulations you may be subject to.
Food Products Table
Contact information applicable for WNC-produced products only.
There are several good publications put out by the Food Scientists at NC State that are important for anyone starting a food business to consult:
http:://ncsu.edu/foodscience/extension_program/entrpreneurs.html
Health Department Regulated Products
For caterers, push cart operators and others making fresh foods for immediate consumption, here are the Rules Governing the Safety of Food Service Establishments in North Carolina.
The Buncombe County Health Department is responsible for inspecting food establishments that prepare food directly for consumers. They have a helpful website. Call David Mease at 828-250-6900 for more information and to get your catering or mobile cart permit.
Packaged Products and Good Manufacturing Practices
For those producing and packaging food in jars, plastic bags and containers, frozen or refrigerated items, as well as baked goods, you may come under one or more of the following sets of regulations. Call your FDA Regulator for a ruling as to what rules you must follow. http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/default.htm.
In western North Carolina, call Susan Parrish at 919-733-7366.
Label Review
Before you have your labels printed for your packaged products, talk to Joan Sims, the FDA Compliance Officer at NCDA (919-733-7366) to be sure they are in compliance with FDA Label rules. This will save you a lot of money and headaches if you don't do them right the first time. Her email is joan.sims@ncagr.gov
Acidified Foods
Acidified foods such as pickles, tomato sauces, many hot sauces, etc....have to follow a special set of regulations due to their potentially hazardous nature. Please go to the FDA website to learn more about them.
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/default.htm
NCSU regularly schedules special, required classes, affectionately dubbed "Pickle School" to train you to follow these Federal reulations. Go to their website often to see when and where the next class will be offered.
http://www.ncsu.edu/foodscience/workshops_training.htm
Federal Regulations regarding acidified foods, good manufacturing practices (GMP) and seafood handling can be found at: www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/lacf-toc.html
21 CFR 110 (Good Manufacturing Practices)
21 CFR 114 (Acidified Foods)
21 CFR 123 (Seafood Products)
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Driving directions from I-40 west bound or east bound: Take Exit 44. At the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp, turn right (south on 19/23). Go to the fourth traffic light and turn left on Sand Hill Road. Go to the second entrance on the left and turn into the campus. The Haynes Conference Center will be on your right and Blue Ridge Food Ventures in the Incubator Building on your left.
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