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.
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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