Other Information

• Annual Guide to Food Industry Services, Institute of Food Technologists, Plant/Processing/Packaging - This guide describes services available on a contract or fee basis.
• Choosing and Using a Co-packer, Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University - This document lists the advantages and challenges of using a co-packer.
• Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Association - This organization provides a list of members at this Web site and information on what to look for when considering an outsource service.
• Contract Packaging Guide, Packaging Digest - This packaging industry publication provides a list of companies that provide contract packaging services. It is searchable by name or state.
• Co-packing Suits These Packagers, Packaging World magazine - Companies tell why they pack for other firms.
• FoodProductionDaily.com - This commercial site from Europe provides breaking news on food processing and packaging. It also sells market research.
• Helping You Profit With Small-scale Interim Co-packing, Guelph Food Technology Center - This Guelph, Canada, center offers technical services for bringing a product to market.
• Packexpo.com - This online packing industry resource provides news and links to packaging products and suppliers.
• Packaging Strategies - This packaging publication offers packaging studies and conference proceedings for purchase.
• Small Co-packers and Commercial Kitchens, Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship - A searchable database listing resources available in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

 Links checked February 2008.