Learning the Hard Way- Lessons I have Learned Working in QA

If you have ever seen my name around the FoodGrads blog you will know that I was chemistry graduate and recently obtained a job as a quality assurance technician at a snack food company. Well Read More ...

8 Facts About HACCP Coordinators

What is HACCP? Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a management system used in food processing plants in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical and physical Read More ...

FoodGrads Book Club – Chapter 4 – SWITCH

SWITCH Book Club – a virtual reading experience with Food Grads followers and graduate students from Northeastern University in a synchronized reading of “SWITCH – How to Change Things when Change is Hard” by Chip Heath & Dan Read More ...

8 Facts About Sales Representatives

Posted onJanuary 21, 2019January 22, 2019AuthorVeronica HislopLeave a comment

If we were to ask you to name a career related to food business we bet one of the responses would be sales. This isn’t hard to imagine because sales is such a prominent career Read More …

8 Facts About HACCP Coordinators

Posted onJanuary 16, 2019January 16, 2019AuthorVeronica HislopLeave a comment

My Fantastic Experience with the PMCA Student Outreach Program

Posted onJanuary 16, 2019January 15, 2019AuthorVeronica HislopLeave a comment

During my last year of Ryerson I was heavily involved in studying cocoa butter for my undergraduate thesis. The lab which I worked with primarily focused on fats but there was a lot of variety Read More …

FoodGrads Book Club – Chapter 2 – SWITCH

Posted onJanuary 14, 2019January 28, 2019AuthorNicole GallaceLeave a comment

Join graduate students from Northeastern University in a synchronized reading of “SWITCH – How to Change Things when Change is Hard” by Chip Heath & Dan Heath. Related: Introducing the FoodGrads Book Club Most, if not all Read More …

FoodGrads Book Club – Chapter 1 – SWITCH

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8 Facts About Food Research Technologists

Posted onJanuary 7, 2019January 8, 2019AuthorVeronica HislopLeave a comment

When you walk down the aisles of a supermarket have you ever thought about who came up with the ideas for these products? Who came up with the flavour for salt and vinegar chips? How Read More …

SWITCH – How to Change Things when Change is Hard: FoodGrads Book Club

Posted onDecember 28, 2018January 9, 2019AuthorNicole GallaceLeave a comment

Join graduate students from Northeastern University in a synchronized reading of “SWITCH – How to Change Things when Change is Hard” by Chip Heath & Dan Heath. Related: Latest Book Club Blog – Chapter 1 Read More …

8 Facts About Food Safety Managers

Posted onDecember 17, 2018December 21, 2018AuthorVeronica HislopLeave a comment

What is food safety? Food safety refers to handling, preparing and storing food in a way to best reduce the risk individuals becoming sick from foodborne illnesses. Even on the surface this sounds like a Read More …

Are You Looking for a Job in the Food Industry?

Posted onDecember 12, 2018December 12, 2018AuthorSoniya & DebomitraLeave a comment

(I would just say Awesome!!!), that you’ve chosen Food Science or Food Technology as a major. For very obvious reasons humans won’t ever stop eating, this industry is unstoppable! Food has been a part of Read More …

8 Facts About Fish Workers

Posted onDecember 10, 2018December 10, 2018AuthorVeronica HislopLeave a comment

The fishing industry is a massive worldwide industry which encompasses every step in the fishing process. Fishing, culturing, processing, preserving, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing and selling– all of these things are involved in getting a Read More …