 State
Information - Maine
Maine State Agencies
ME Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources
Lead agency dealing with all aspects of the food system
from the field to the table.
http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/mpd/index.html
Laws and regulations for agriculture and animals., Links
to Maine laws and regulations for agriculture and animals
as well as standards for agricultural products.
http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/laws/index.html
Market and Product Development
http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/mpd/index.html.
Provides assistance for agricultural businesses market
development and promotion, business
planning, labor, irrigation, potato
storage and packing, farmland
protection and foreign
trade assistance.
Quality Assurance Forms http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/forms/index.html for
contacts and forms/applications needed for food operations
such as home food, bakery, beverage,,cider,
food processing, warehousing. http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/forms/qar/Food%20and%20Fuel%20license%20application.PDF
ME Department of Health
Eating and Lodging Program
http://www.state.me.us/dhs/eng/el/index.html
Contact:
Eating & Lodging Program
Division of Health Engineering
161 Capitol Street
11 State House Station
Augusta ME 04333-0011
Environmental Health
Well Water Quality, Guidelines and references on drinking
water.
http://www.maine.gov/dhs/ehu/wells/
Technical
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ME Small Business Development Centers
provide comprehensive business management assistance, training,
resource and information services to Maine 's micro, small
and technology-based business communities.
http://www.mainesbdc.org/
Contact:
ME Small Business Development
Centers
96 Falmouth Street
P.O. Box 9300 Portland , ME 04104 -9300
68 High Street , 2nd Floor
Portland , Maine
Phone: (207)
780-4420:
Fax: (207) 780-4810
TTY Number: (207) 780-5646
Email - mainesbdc@usm.maine.edu
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
http://www.score.org/
Branch offices in:
Aroostook wlandes@cariboumaine.net
Augusta horyat@gwi.net
Maine
Coastal score@prexar.com
Oxford Hills oxscore@prexar.com
Portland score@score53.org
Seacoast chapter185@rscs.net
Western Mountains rumburns@megalink.net
University of Maine – Consumer
Testing Center
www.fsn.umaine.edu/ctcweb.htm
Contact:
Dr. Mary Ellen Carmire, Director
University of Maine
163
Hitchner Hall
Orono , ME 04469 -5736
Phone: (207) 581-1627; Fax (207)581-1636.
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Husson College
Provides information and links useful to small businesses such as financing,
marketing, workforce training and technical assistance.
http://depts.husson.edu/cfb/business.html
Contact:
Richard E. Dyke Center for
Family Business
Husson College
One College Circle
Bangor , ME 04401
Phone: (207) 941-7100; Fax (207)941-7935
University of Maine Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
For courses in food science and resources for food testing.
http://www.fsn.umaine.edu/
Contact:
Dr. Mary Ellen Carmire, Director
University of Maine
5735 Hitchner Hall
Orono , ME 04469 -5735
Phone (207) 581-1621; Fax: (207)
581-1636
University of Maine Cooperative
Extension
Small and Home-based Business Virtual Library
http://www.umext.maine.edu/hbbsite/html/assist.htm
Fact sheets for home-based businesses on:
Food Safety
University of Maine Cooperative
Extension
http://www.umext.maine.edu/topics/food.htm
Contact :
Mahmoud El-Begearmi, Ph.D.
Professor and Extension Specialist,
Food Safety and Nutrition.
UMaine Cooperative Extension
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm.303
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5717,
phone: (207)581-3449
Fax: (207)581-3212
Email: mahmoud@umext.maine.edu
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