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Connecticut Specialty Food Assoc.

195 Farmington Ave. Suite 200

Farmington, CT 06032

Phone: 860-677-8097

Fax: 860-677-8418
Unsolicited Faxes not accepted

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Specialty Food Information Resource

Specialty Food Division Chairman Frank Parseliti (Frank’s Marinara Sauces) wants his fellow specialty food entrepreneurs to know there is a website packed with all sorts of useful – and necessary – information for a variety of product categories. The Northeastern Center for Food Entrepreneurship at Cornell University offers an extensive list of fact sheets and publications, most of them free. Topics covered range from preliminary investigative questions such as evaluating your fit as an entrepreneur, the pros and cons of owning a specialty food business, food manufacturing kitchen requirements, and business plan and marketing basics, to more product-specific fact sheets covering regulations and food safety considerations for smoked meats, preserves, dairy items, and acidified foods. The site also has guides to scheduled process, required food product analyses, and equipment information. Access the site at www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/ and click on Publications.

The following websites feature information and resources for the specialty food industry.

Brought to you by The New England Extension Food Safety Consortium (a network of Cooperative Extension food safety and nutrition specialties and educators and food science faculty representing six New England land-grant universities). www.umass.edu/nefe

The Micro enterprise Resource Group (MERG) is a newly formed group whose sole purpose is to support organizations working with Connecticut's smallest of small businesses. http://www.mergct.org/