Process Authority Services
We can provide the necessary process authority documentation to sell many types of products. These documents are required by inspectors, buyers, and auditors to ensure processing is adequate for food safety and quality standards.
What Happens When You Submit a Product to EFST?
Product Classifications and Process Approvals
- Incoming products will be classified based on product characteristics such as: formulation, initial pH, equilibrium pH, water activity, processing method, and intended storage/distribution method.
- Based on these characteristics, some products will be classified as exempt from canning regulations.
- If a product is not exempt from canning regulations, a thermal process recommendation (letter) may be issued.
Please visit the page below that most closely matches your product.
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- Product Classifications are $195
- Acidified & Acid product services start at $195 (covered by Product Classification fee)
- Acidified & Acid revisions are $40
- Low-Acid canned products, fermented products, non-conventional processes will likely incur additional costs for which you can request a quote:
- Validation studies
- Challenge tests
- Shelf-life studies
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Most process authority services will be completed within 2-4 weeks; however, there may be delays due to product or process complexity.