Food Processing
Note: This information applies to food processing establishments statewide, including in the Municipality of Anchorage.
Resources
- Permit Fees
- Food Worker Cards
- FDA Registration of Food Facilities and Other Submissions
- Labeling Packaged Food
- Cottage Food
- Cleaning Up Diarrhea and Vomit
- Temperature Controls
- See more Food Resources ➜
Forms
Resources for facilities that commercially bottle, pack, and sell drinking water
About Food Processing
Food processing is a category of establishments that process food for wholesale distribution
The food processed is intended for human consumption and is distributed to a food service, market, or other consumer outlet.
Food processing establishments are regulated by the Alaska Food Code (18 AAC 31). Common food processing activities are listed below.
Examples of Food Processing
- Baked Goods
- Baked food items, such as breads, cookies, rolls, muffins, pies, and cakes for wholesale distribution
- Bottled Beverages
- Bottled beverages, except water (See Ice and Bottled Water)
- Coffee Roasting
- Roasting coffee beans and packing whole or ground beans for sale or use at another location, wholesale sales
- Curing, Acidification, Dehydration, Reduced Oxygen Packaging
- Foods are produced using one or more of these methods
- Ice and Bottled Water
- Ice manufacturing, sealing water in bottles or other containers for distribution and human consumption
- Jellies and Confections
- Jams, jellies, syrups, or confections
- Low Acid Food
- Thermal processing and canning of low acid foods
- Marijuana Manufacturing
- Edible cannabis products and cannabis concentrates
- Warehousing
- Storing food items before distribution in a facility that is used primarily for storage and distribution activities
- Other Processing
- Food processing using methods not included above: Juicing, freezing, milling, fermenting, blending, and other activities
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