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Pilot Plant Services and Commercial
Activities
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
technology
at FDC.
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