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Massachusetts State Agencies
Department of Agricultural Resources
The Massachusetts Department
of Agricultural Resources promotes the viability and sustainability
of Massachusetts’ food and agricultural businesses
through marketing and educational activities. Through the
Bureau of Markets, DAR encourages consumers to buy Massachusetts
food and agricultural products, assist farmers in wholesale
marketing, direct marketing (such as farmers' markets and
roadside stands) foster economic development for the farm
community and specialty food industry, and assist in foreign
export programs.
The Department has resources to identity
expertise to answer technical, development and marketing
questions from food entrepreneurs and value added processors.
The Department promotes Bay State foods at special events
and trade shows.
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/
Email: Bonita.Oehlke@state.ma.us.
Contact:
Massachusetts Department
of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 626-1753 Fax (617) 626-1850
The Massachusetts Food Processors Resource
Manual
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/markets/specfood/food_processor_resource_manual.htm
The Department of Agricultural Resources
is responsible for regulations on fairs and commodities such
as animals, milk, seeds, apples and potatoes.
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/legal/regs/index.htm
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/legal/regs/farmprod_600%7E1_seeds_apples_potatoes.pdf
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/legal/regs/dairy_milk.htm
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/legal/regs/animals.htm
Department of Public Health
The Food Protection Program (FPP) of
the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) sets
the statewide standard for food in both the retail and wholesale
areas.
Retail Food Regulations:
The Massachusetts regulations for retail
food and food service establishments are composed of two
documents: 105 CMR 590.000. State Sanitary Code Chapter
X - Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments
and the 1999 Federal Food Code. All licensing and enforcement
of the retail regulations occur at the local level. The
retail regulations and related policies may be found at
the FPP’s retail website: www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp/retail/home.htm.
Regulations for food service operations,
including caterers, temporary kitchen and mobile food operations
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp/retail/regs.htm
Guidelines and Applications for Food
Processing
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp/foodprocpolicy.htm
http://www.mass.gov/dph/fpp/foodproclic.htm
Beverages
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/21cfr165_02.html
Emergency control
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/21cfr108_02.html
Fish and fishery products
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/21cfr123_02.html
Good manufacturing practices
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/21cfr110_02.html
Meat and Poultry Processing
http://www.mass.gov/dph/fpp/pdf/105cmr530.pdf
Well water testing
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp/web-fp-05.pdf
Wholesale Food Regulations:
The MA FPP adopts regulations and policies
for the following sectors of the wholesale food industry:
fish and shellfish processing, milk and dairy plants, commercial
food processing, bottled water, meat and poultry, and labeling.
The MA FPP inspects operations and enforces regulations
in all of these areas. The regulations, license applications,
related policies and other information are found at the
FPP’s website.
Meat and poultry slaughtering
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp/web-fp-03.pdf
Distributing food at wholesale
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp/web-fp-04.pdf
Additional State Responsibilities:
The MA FPP provides training and education
to state and local health officials regarding regulations,
inspection procedures, public health issues, health alerts,
advances in the industry and other topics. The program
responds to inquiries from state and local health officials,
consumers, professional associations and industry representatives.
It coordinates investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks
with federal and state agencies and boards of health. The
FPP also coordinates statewide recall efforts and other
activities during health emergencies.
www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp
Contact:
MA Department of
Public Health
Food Protection Program
305 South Street
Jamaica Plain , MA 02130
Phone: (617) 983-6712 Fax: (617) 983-6770
Department of Business and Technology
The Massachusetts Department of Business
and Technology provides resources, technical assistance,
networking, international trade assistance and financing.
http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=aghome&agid=ded
Contact:
Department of Business and Technology
1 Ashburton Place , Rm 2101
Boston , MA 02108
Phone: (617) 727-8380 Fax: (617) 727-4426
E-Mail: econ@state.ma.us
The State Office of Minority and Women
Business Assistance
http://www.somwba.state.ma.us/
Contact:
SOMWBA
10 Park Plaza, Suite 3740
Boston, MA 02116
Phone - (617) 973-8692 Fax - (617) 973-8637
wsomwba@state.ma.us
Division of Career Services (Business
Services)
http://www.detma.org/BSHome.htm
Contact:
Massachusetts Division of Career Services
Charles F. Hurley Building
19 Staniford Street
Boston , MA 02114
Phone ( 617) 626-5300
Department of Labor and Workforce
Development
http://www.mass.gov/dlwd/
E-Mail: dlwd@state.ma.us
Contact:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
One Ashburton Place, Rm 2112
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 727-6573 Fax: (617) 727-1090 TTY: (617) 727-4404
Department of Revenue
http://www.dor.state.ma.us/
Contact:
Department of Revenue
100 Cambridge Street
PO Box 7010
Boston , MA 02114
Phone: (800) 392-6089
Starting a New Business
http://www.dor.state.ma.us/business/
doingbus.htm
Division of Banks
http://www.state.ma.us/dob/
Contact:
Division of Banks
One South Station
Boston , MA 02110
Phone (617) 956-1500; Fax: (617) 956-1599
Office of Consumer Affairs and
Business Regulations
http://www.state.ma.us/consumer/
Contact:
Office of Consumer
Affairs and Business Regulation
10 Park Plaza , Suite 5170
Boston , MA 02116
Phone (617) 973-8700; Fax: (617) 973-8798
Consumer Protection Regulation of Business
Practices for Consumers Protection
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/gl-93a-toc.htm
Secretary of the State
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/
Email: corpinfo@sec.state.ma.us
Contact:
Secretary of Commonwealth, Corporation
Division
One Ashburton Place , 17th floor
Boston , MA 02108
Phone: (617) 727-9640 Fax: (617) 742-4528
Associations [top of page]
Massachusetts Specialty Food
Association
The Massachusetts Specialty Foods Association serves
as a resource to and an advocate for the Massachusetts specialty
foods industry, to support the commitment to excellence and
the entrepreneurial spirit that contributes to the uniqueness
and quality of Massachusetts specialty foods. The MSFA provides
education, networking and peer support, sales and marketing
opportunities, publicity and technical assistance for our
members and their customers so that member companies may
grow and flourish, thereby strengthening and improving the
long term viability of the food and farm sector of the Massachusetts
economy.
http://www.msfa.net/
Email: ccoutrier@aol.com
Contact:
Massachusetts Specialty Food Association
P.O. Box 551
Sudbury , MA 01776
Phone: (800) 813-5862
Northeast Organic Farming Association
(NOFA)
The Northeast Organic Farming Association is comprised
of seven state chapters in the Northeast United States .
Each chapter is a self-sustaining entity within each particular
state. To learn more about the organic farming in this state,
click on the link below. It will bring you to the list of
contacts for the state. It will also provide links to other
northeast state websites, where you can learn more about
the different NOFA chapters.
http://www.nofa.org/chapters.php#ma
Contact:
Northeast Organic Farming Association
Massachusetts Chapter
411 Sheldon Road
Barre , MA , 01005
Phone: (978) 355-2853
Technical Assistance [top of page]
Massachusetts Small Business
Development Center Network
http://msbdc.som.umass.edu/
Email: gep@msbdc.umass.edu
Contact:
Massachusetts Small Business Development
Center Network
227 Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts
121 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9310
Phone: (413) 545-630; Fax (413) 545-1273
Service Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE)
http://www.score.org/
Branch offices in:
Beverly scorene411@yahoo.com
Boston Boston-SCORE-20@verizon.net
Cape Cod score@capecod.net
Greenfield mariann@franklincc.org
Springfield score@stcc.edu
Southeast Massachusetts info@scoresemass.org
Worcester info@scoresemass.org
Western Massachusetts Food Processing
Center
Provides technical assistance in various aspects
of business planning and product development.
http://www.fccdc.org/foodprocess/foodprocess.html
Contact:
Herb Heller, Program Manager
Western Mass Food Processing Center
324 Wells Street
Greenfield , MA 01301
Phone: (413) 774-7204 (Ext 108)
herbh@fdcdc.org
Financing [top of page]
Massachusetts Business Development
Corporation
http://www.mass-business.com/site/content/index.asp
Email: cbrennan@mass-business.com
Contact:
MassBusiness
500 Edgewater Drive, Suite 555
Wakefield , MA 01880
Phone: (781) 928-1100 Fax: (781)928-1101
Massachusetts Small Business
Development Center Network
http://msbdc.som.umass.edu/
Email: gep@msbdc.umass.edu
Contact:
Massachusetts Small Business Development
Center Network
227 Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts
121 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9310
Phone: (413) 545-630; Fax (413) 545-1273
Marketing [top of page]
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural
Resources –
see listing under Massachusetts State
Agencies: Massachusetts Made with Pride http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/markets/logos.htm Massachusetts
Grown and Fresher
Northeast Section – Institute
of Food Technologists produces trade shows for
the food and related industries http://www.eventswithattitude.com
Western Massachusetts Food Processing
Center
Provides technical assistance on business planning and
product development.
http://www.fccdc.org/foodprocess/foodprocess.html
Contact:
Herb Heller, Program Manager
Western Mass Food Processing Center
324 Wells Street
Greenfield , MA 01301
Phone: (413) 774-7204 (Ext 108)
herbh@fdcdc.org
Education &
Training [top of page]
Massachusetts Small Business
Development Center Network
http://msbdc.som.umass.edu/training
Contact:
Massachusetts Small Business Development
Center Network
227 Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts
121 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9310
Phone: (413) 545-630; Fax (413) 545-1273
The Massachusetts Partnership
for Food Safety Education
For food safety training and educational resources
in a variety of languages
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/programs/
food_safety/partnerships/
Email: rbrennanolson@doe.mass.edu
University of Massachusetts Department
of Food Science
For courses in food processing and/or degree in
food science.
Email: lm@foodsci.umass.edu
Contact:
Lynne McLandsborough PhD
Associate Professor and Chief Undergraduate Advisor
University of Massachusetts
Department of Food Science
Chenoweth Laboratory
Amherst , MA 01003
Voice (413) 545-1016 Fax (413) 545-1262
http://www.umass.edu/foodsci/
University of Massachusetts Extension
- Nutrition Education Program
For food safety and certification programs and courses.
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/programs/food_safety/
Western Massachusetts Food Processing
Center
Provides training and technical assistance on business
planning, food safety, and product development.
http://www.fccdc.org/foodprocess/foodprocess.html
Contact:
Herb Heller, Program Manager
Western Mass Food Processing Center
324 Wells Street
Greenfield , MA 01301
Phone: (413) 774-7204 (Ext 108)
herbh@fdcdc.org
Food Safety [top of page]
Massachusetts Department of Public
Health
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/fpp
Contact:
MA Department of Public Health
Food Protection Program
305 South Street
Jamaica Plain , MA 02130
Phone: (617) 983-6712 Fax: (617) 983-6770
University of Massachusetts Extension
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/programs/food_safety/
Email: ritabo@nutrition.umass.edu
Contact:
UMass Extension
Rita Brennan Olson
UMass Extension NEP, 202 Chenoweth Lab
University of Massachusetts
100 Holdsworth Way
Amherst , MA 01003 -9282
Phone: (413) 545-0552 Fax: (413) 545-1074
University of Massachusetts Integrated
Pest Management Program
http://www.umass.edu/umext/ipm/
Contact:
UMass Extension IPM
Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
University of Massachusetts
250 Natural Resources Rd.
Amherst , Mass. 01003-9295
Phone: (413) 545-1051 FAX: (413) 545-5858
Laboratories [top of page]
The Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship provides
technical information regarding your product and processing
techniques and resources.
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/
E-mail:necfe@cornell.edu
Contact:
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship
Food Research Lab
630 W. North Street
Geneva , NY 14456
Phone: 888-624-6785 Fax: 315-787-2284
You can also contact theNortheast
Section – Institute of Food Technologists at http://www.neift.org/
The following is a list of commercial laboratories
engaged in the analysis of food products in Massachusetts
.
Analytical Testing Lab Inc.
30 Shawsheen Ave
Bedford , MA
(781) 275-1599
Peter Stavropoulus
Water Analysis
Biomarine Research
16 West Main Street
Gloucester , MA 01930
(978) 281- 0222
http://www.biomarinelab.com
Food and Water Chemical Analysis
EDS Laboratories
22 Alpha Rd
Chelmsford , MA 01824
(978) 250-7000
Chemical Food Analysis
Food Research Laboratories
130 Newmarket Square
Boston , MA 02118
(617) 427-3322
Microbiological & Food Analysis
Herbert V. Shuster, Inc
5 Hayword St .
Quincy , MA 02171
(617) 328-7600
http://www.shusterlabs.com/
Microbiological & Food Analysis
Krueger Food Laboratories
24 Blackstone St .
Cambridge , MA 021139
(617) 876-9118
http://www.kfl.com
Chemical Food Analysis
Lapuck Laboratories
50 Hunt St.
Watertown , MA 02173
(617) 923-0300
http://www.lapucklabs.com/
Microbiological and Food Analysis
Shared Use Kitchens [top of page]
Western Massachusetts Food Processing
Center
Provides technical assistance, business planning,
product development, distribution resources and manufacturing
space for specialty and organic food producers.
http://www.fccdc.org/foodprocess/foodprocess.html
Contact:
Herb Heller, Program Manager
Western Mass Food Processing Center
324 Wells Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
Phone: (413) 774-7204 (Ext 108)
Nuestra Culinary Ventures
Helps small-scale food entrepreneurs succeed by
providing a large shared kitchen facility and commissary
that small business people can rent when they need it rather
than investing in their own expensive kitchen space. NCV
seeks to create business opportunities, employment and multicultural
economic activity throughout Boston ’s neighborhoods.
Residents from outside of Boston are welcome to apply.
http://www.nuestracdc.org
Contact:
Cary Wheaton, Director
Nuestra Culinary Ventures
31 Germania Street
Jamaica Plain , MA 02130
Phone: (617) 522-7900 X10 Fax: (617) 522-2387
cwheaton@nuestracdc.org
Exports [top of page]
Food Export USA Northeast
Food Export USA Northeast is a non-profit organization
that promotes the export of food and agricultural products
from the northeast region of the United States.
www.foodexportusa.org
Contact:
Food Export USA-Northeast
150 S. Independence Mall West
Suite 1036 Public Ledger Building
Philadelphia , PA 19106
Phone: (215)829-9111 Fax: (215)829.9777
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural
Resources
Check under Massachusetts State agencies
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/markets/exports/index.htm
Massachusetts Department of Business
and Technology
http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=agcc&agid=ded&agca=aboutded&agcc
=about_agencies&modetype=process&s=0&info=masstradeoverview
Contact:
Massachusetts Office of International
Trade and Investment (MOITI)
State Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza , Suite 4510
Boston , MA 02116 U.S.A.
Phone: (617) 973-8650 Fax: (617) 227-3488
E-Mail: masstrade.office@state.ma.us
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