FIC has leading industry experts available to teach a broad range of business and technical classes. Learn more about our food safety and food business basics courses, seminars and workshops. Food … Read More
Covid-19 Food Innovation Center Update
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the center has limited operating hours and programming. We are available by email during normal business hours. See our
team page for email contacts. Limited visitors, meetings, tours, in-person classes during this time.
All visitors must read and sign our Visitor Policy Guide.
Learn more about the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) here.
Who We Are
The Food Innovation Center at Rutgers University is a unique food business incubator and accelerator that is a unit of the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES). The Center supports established early stage entrepreneurs and existing food companies from concept to commercialization. Combining years of industry expertise and the advanced technologies offered by Rutgers, we provide business, marketing, food safety, product design and scale up expertise within FDA and USDA certified facilities to help companies successfully build and grow their business.
For information on our food manufacturing space for lease, click here.
Accelerate
Stay tuned…another great program under development to build on our incubator successes…and further help food startups maximize their chance of success! … Read More
Upcoming Training Classes
November 16, 17, 18, 19: Learn Before You Leap: Food Business Basics for Startup Food Entrepreneurs
Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2020: Seafood HACCP
Dec. 2, 2020: GMPs, Adverse Health, Personal Hygiene, & Allergens
Dec. 8-10, 2020: (PCHF) Preventive Controls for Human Food
Dec. 15-16, 2020: (FSVP) Foreign Supplier Verification Program Certificate Training
Jan. 12-13, 2021: Traceability & FSMA PSR
FIC News
Food Safety and the Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
Rutgers Food Innovation Center offers virtual food safety training
Rutgers Food Innovation Center Makes Delicious Dreams a Reality: BTN LiveBIG (VIDEO)
CBS News Video Featuring FIC: NJ Entrepreneurs Develop Pizza-In-A-Cone (VIDEO)
Donna Schaffner and Her Team Provide Food Safety Training to Hundreds of Food and Beverage Companies
From Concept to Creation: FIC ‘One Stop Shop’
A Little Clarity: Health Woes Draw an IT Professional Back to Historical Family Food Biz
Don’t Have a Cow – How the Impossible Burger Got Its Remarkable Start at Rutgers
Client News
Food Entrepreneur: From concept to commercialization
Heirzoom Bakery Fennome Hungarian Pastries – a Little Bite of Luxury… Comfort, Nostalgia and Love
The Impossible Burger Makes Maiden Voyage into Retail
Impossible Food and Roudoula Win 2019 NRA Fabi Award
Bon Appetit Applauds Vista Hermosa Delicious Flour Tortillas
Rutgers University COVID-19 Updates
University administrators are closely monitoring the situation and are in regular contact with state and federal health agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New Jersey Department of Health. We have mobilized a task force of senior leaders involved in every aspect of university operations to manage and respond to urgent and evolving challenges presented by COVID-19.
For up to date information, please visit the University’s official COVID-19 website at https://coronavirus.rutgers.edu/