The Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC) is your technical problem-solving team for packaging, regulatory and product/process problems. GFTC provides on-site customized training, GMP/HACCP consulting and auditing. GFTC can help you meet the Natural Health Products (NHP) regulations, including ingredient, process, package and shelf-life evaluation.

Product, Process Development and Scale-Up: GFTC solves technical problems for companies developing functional foods, nutraceuticals and other wellness-promoting food products. We help you meet the regulations and get to market with approved roducts and GMP-managed facilities fast. Our fully integrated service, from designing the formulation, to determining and extending shelf-life, to selecting the right packaging, to starting small-scale production, simplifies the product approval and launch. In all cases, we maintain 100 per cent confidentiality, and the clients own their results.

NHP Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations: Maintaining your product NHP product licenses and GMP programs depends on your employees. GFTC training programs clarify the requirements, provide hands-on practice in implementing the requirements, and motivate your employees to maintain and enhance your programs. Additionally, our on-site programs are customized to your products, process and workforce. Customized programs reduce production downtime, maximize learner efficiency, and lead to considerable training savings for larger groups.

Package Evaluation: NHP Standards of Evidence requirements mean that you need to ensure that the efficacy of the product is maintained for the shelf-life of the product. Our packaging technologists will help you find the optimum package that will minimize your costs while maximizing the quality of your product. Having the right package can mean that you avoid product failure, costly product recalls, and bad publicity.

Contact GFTC today to start benefiting from our creative, confidential solutions.