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HACCP Training and Implementation
With the help of: Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center
About
Alaska Food Co. manufactures freeze-dried, shelf-stable foods lasting 25-30 years, solving food insecurity while simultaneously locking in today’s price and incentivizing farmland production. A growing veteran-owned business in Wasilla, Alaska, Alaska Food Co. currently employees 5 Alaskans creating local-farm sourced, healthy gourmet food that is 80% lighter, making it ideal for disaster relief agencies, at-home emergency preparedness, and adventures.
The Challenge
The guidance from The Alaska MEP has been pivotal in setting up our facility. The HACCP course has been great in making sure we are set up for success in providing safe, reliable food to Alaskans. We are looking forward to future opportunities to work with the MEP and their team!"
MEP's Role
HACCP is a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product. CEO Cody Russell and Alaska Food Co.'s head chef joined one of Alaska MEP's fall HACCP classes, which taught how and why a written HACCP plan is valuable and important to have on hand. Alaska MEP staff were also able to get them time with the instructor, who helped them write a HACCP framework for Alaska Food Co. and work through some of the intricacies of their business and facility as it relates to food safety.