University of Georgia scientists are now better equipped to help businesses launch new food products with the opening of the Food Technology Center, locally known as the FoodPIC building, on the UGA Griffin campus. The facility houses the university’s Food Product Innovation and Commercialization, or FoodPIC, Center.

Workshops and on-site training programs enable businesses in the food industry to develop and implement a food safety or HACCP plan tailored to their own operation, thus minimizing the risk of contamination of their food product by human pathogens.