Food Processing and Technology

Fact sheets, regulations, news and other resources about food irradiation.

Innovation and R&D-critical to the complex agri-food industry-enhance economic competitiveness and foster new food technologies, food safety, and value-added, healthful foods.

Home page of the Food Safety Intervention Technologies Research Unit.

It provides a variety of information about food biotechnology, including recombinant DNA technology, transgenic crops and animals, genetically modified foods, biopharmaceuticals, bioremediation, and more.

Reports on issues related to the evolution of agricultural biotechnology. Discusses issues on opportunities and challenges, global traceability and labeling requirements, impacts and implications for the United States and future preparations.

Policies and regulations about plant biotechnology for food and feed.

Annex 6 in the FDA Food Code provides processing criteria for different types of food manufacturing/processing operations for use by those preparing and reviewing HACCP plans and proposals, such as reduced oxygen packaging, smoking and curing.

This book includes the latest processing technologies, covers all major categories of fruits and the processing technologies applied to them and addresses issues of concern to industry and research personnel.

The key priorities of the Laboratory are to assist Member States to develop and adapt new and existing agricultural technologies and to provide the necessary training and analytical services.

An introduction and an information source for genetically modified foods in Canada.