Start, Manage and Grow A Business:
Food Processing

"Your Guide to Food Processing in Ontario" is an internet-based tool for entrepreneurs starting food-processing businesses. The guide is intended to help the food business entrepreneur start, manage and grow their business.

The Guide takes a look at some of the important areas specific to the food processing business, including information on researching, manufacturing and marketing commercial-scale food products, as well as comprehensive guidelines for food safety, quality assurance and government regulations. Numerous contacts and on-line links throughout the Guide direct the reader to resources, such as business planning, financing and taxation.

The information is available in English and French on the ministry's website 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can download the guide for free in PDF or plain text format.

Food Industry Facts:
Currently, the province is home to 3,500 food processors that contribute more than $32.5 billion to the economy and employ almost 120,000 people.

Related Links

• Your Guide to Food Processing in Ontario (PDF version) (plain text HTML version)
• Municipal Public Health Unit Locations (Ontario)
• Provincial Inspection Programs
• Federal Inspection Programs
• Safe Food Handling Recommendations
• Nutrition Labelling
• Nutrition Labelling Toolkit
• General Business Information
• Service Ontario - Meat Processing Information Bundle
• Service Ontario - Cheesemaking Information Bundle
• Service Ontario - Minimally Processed Fruit and Vegetable Information Bundle
• Small Business Enterprise Centres (Locations)
• How to Start a Restaurant or Catering Business
• How to Start a Convenience Store in Ontario
  

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