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Food Innovation Center

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Food Innovation Center South in Bridgeton NJ
RFIC Operating Status During COVID-19

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.

Featured Programs

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points HACCP documents.
Food Safety »
Worker placing a lid on a jar
Food Manufacturing »
Portrait of a smiling waiter standing in the cafeteria with crossed arms. Confident young man with apron in coffee shop looking at camera. Handsome black guy working in a coffeeshop.
Food Business Basics »
Impossible Burger
Plant Based "Meats" »
Food Laboratory
Food Lab »
Harvest of food products.
Cottage Industry »

News and Updates

Upcoming Classes

  • July 12-13, 2022: Foreign Supplier Verification Program Certificate Training
  • July 26-27, 2022: Intentional Adulteration – Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA) (Food Defense Qualified Individual) Training

Featured Story

FSA campaign reminds home-based and small food sellers of need to register

FIC News

  • FSA campaign reminds home-based and small food sellers of need to register
  • New Jersey has now passed Cottage Food Industry Laws!
  • President Biden signs FASTER ACT into law making sesame the ninth major food allergen
  • Acting Executive Director & Director of Operations Nolan Lewin is one of the top 15 2021 ROI Food & Beverage Influencers

Client News

  • The Impossible Burger Makes Maiden Voyage into Retail
  • Sandeep Agarwal, President & CEO of Pure Indian Foods, is the recipient of the New Jersey Immigrant Entrepreneur Award
  • Heirzoom Bakery Fennome Hungarian Pastries – a Little Bite of Luxury… Comfort, Nostalgia and Love
  • Food Entrepreneur: From Concept to Commercialization

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Food Innovation Center at Rutgers University
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Food Innovation Center | 856-391-7601, Reception
nl95@njaes.rutgers.edu

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