Food Processing Resource Centre
Have you ever wanted a "virtual partner" you could reach out to when you need help and put back on the shelf when you don’t? What could you do with such an arrangement?
By design, BCIT’s Food Technology program serves as a catalyst to improve the B.C. food industry. Access to our expertise and physical assets enables companies, entrepreneurs, and consultants working within the industry to:
- Engage in product development
- Explore and adopt advanced process technologies
- Optimize their market position through continuous learning and innovation
Making use of BCIT Food Technology Industry Services & Training is a positive action to meet your needs. We invite you to take advantage of the wide range of services we can provide.
Dr. Gary Sandberg
Program Head, Food Technology
Access to laboratory and pilot plant equipment
- Have your own technical staff carry out experiments
- Make use of technical support provided by BCIT food research scientists
- Apply measures of cost effectiveness to your process parameters
- Improve the confidence with which you can decide on major capital equipment purchases
Product and process development services
- Hire our resident experts to resolve process development needs
- Review our staff resumes—we’ve been there! Many years of industrial experience representing a wide variety of food sectors
- Compare cost—economical, effective development work compared with the expensive "in-house" approach
- Defray costs through grant programs. We help you prepare grant applications
Administrative support and counselling services
- Technical partnership program: Retain our research scientists for immediate, on-call response to your technical questions and information needs. Give credibility to your operation when addressing investors, clients, regulatory authorities, et cetera. We are available to assist your staff as they work with the laboratory and pilot plant equipment, or to carry out independent projects on your behalf.
- Review and audit programs: We can help with program audits and safety reviews of your formulations, processes and facilities. We can also help with independent reviews of suppliers for distributor listing approvals.
- Extension projects: If you have programs that are "sitting on the back burner" for lack of time or lack of expertise, our experts are available for extension projects.
- Training services: We deliver a wide range of well-known BCIT training programs to educate and upgrade your staff on all aspects of food safety and production. These are available on site, off site, online, and by correspondence. Accreditation and certification programs are available.