Conducting a Market Test
The Food Development Centre pilot plant is a
superbly equipped and federally registered facility where
clients manufacture agriculturally-based products for research
purposes, market tests and commercial distribution.
New Facility and Equipment
FDC received multi-level government approval
for $13.6 million in funding for renovating and expanding the
pilot plant facilities and for purchasing new technology. The
result is a pilot plant nearly double in size that is furnished
with sophisticated processing technology and registered to
handle and process meat products, processed products, industrial
hemp, organic foods and value-added dairy products.
GMPs and Food Safety
The FDC pilot plant operates according to
good manufacturing practices
(GMPs).
Product-specific HACCP plans have been
designed and are implemented for each client and in-house
research and development project. The pilot plant has been
constructed according to
CFIA-approved HACCP pre-requisite plans.
A HACCP team of pilot plant and process
development staff, under the advice of the Regulatory
Affairs/HACCP Co-ordinator, trains and educates other staff and
clients about food safety, GMPs and HACCP for the pilot plant.
Pilot Plant Equipment
Clients manufacturing products have access to
the following types of equipment in the pilot plant, with the
assistance and supervision of FDC staff.
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Meat Processing |
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Size reduction (slicers,
grinders, meat saws)
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Injection and vacuum tumbling
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Forming
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Coating (batter, breading,
tempura)
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Deep-frying (20-cm wide
continuous belt)
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Cooking
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Sausage stuffing
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Meat smoking (artificial liquid
smoke)
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Mixing (CO2 cooling capability)
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Freezing (CO2 blast, CO2
continuous belt)
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Dairy Processing |
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Frying equipment
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Smoking equipment
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Cheese vat
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Homogenizer
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Bakery Products |
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Vegetable Processing |
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Peelers (abrasive, steam)
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Slicers
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Dicers
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Blancher (steam)
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Cooking kettles
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Dehydration (forced air)
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Freezing (CO2 paddle auger,
tunnel and cabinet)
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Fruit Processing |
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Filling and Packaging |
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Modified atmosphere packaging
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Vacuum packaging (batch or
continuous)
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Volumetric filler (continuous)
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Horizontal form/fill/seal machine
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Dry Processing |
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Hammer mill
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Mixers
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Slicers
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Screens
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Wet Processing |
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Contact the FDC
Manager of Process and Product Development about the
expanded facility and the new technologyat FDC. |
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