Food Hub Receiving Process Checklist

Описание: For food hubs, the process of delivering quality products to its customers begins at the receiving door. This short video will cover best practices and considerations for receiving, such as approving suppliers, product inspection, vendor requirements, and food safety.

This resource was created by Phil Britton, Fresh Systems LLC. https://www.freshsystemsllc.com/

Per the USDA announcement on July 15, 2025, the Regional Food Business Centers program was terminated, prior to its original end date of July 2028. Because of this, the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center halted operations on September 15, 2025 and was unable to responsibly launch the Business Builder Subaward and assistance programs. Please see our related press release (https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/usda-cl... ). Resources intended to help food and farm businesses will remain freely available on this website and additional resources can be found at https://foodsystems.msu.edu/resources
 
About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center  
The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center was dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for farmers, producers, and other food business owners in support of a more resilient and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) (https://www.canr.msu.edu/foodsystems/) coordinated the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL) (https://www.chicagofoodpolicy.com/) , Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN) (https://www.nwifoodcouncil.org/), Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI) (https://foodfinanceinstitute.org/), and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems (https://www.menominee-nsn.gov/Governm...) – who sought to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach. Learn more at https://glm-rfbc.msu.edu