Knowledge only. General information, templates and checklists for food businesses, not legal or tax advice. FoodAgri.AI is not a law firm or an accounting firm. You are responsible for reviewing your own contracts and for engaging, at your own cost, any attorney or CPA you choose.
Legal and compliance
The paperwork side of a food business, in order.
Company set-up, registrations, food safety plans, supplier and customer contracts, and your website's legal pages. We show you what usually applies at your stage, with the source for each item, and give you templates and checklists to work from. You review your own contracts; your own attorney and CPA advise you on your situation.
Starting out
Starting a food company
What a new food maker usually sorts out before the first sale.
Company and brand
- Company set-up. Entity, owner agreements and who owns the recipes and brand.
- Name and trademark check. Before you print a label.
Registrations and safety
- Licences and FDA registration. State and local licences, and the FDA food facility registration.
- Food safety and recall plans. Written plans, where they apply to your facility.
Contracts and people
- Supplier and co-packer agreements. Quality, liability and who owns what.
- Website legal pages and first hires. Privacy, terms, and the hiring set.
Already running
Running a food plant
What an operating plant usually keeps current.
Dates that come round
- FDA registration renewal. Every even-numbered year, October 1 to December 31.
- Food safety plan reanalysis. At least every 3 years, and after significant changes.
Contracts
- Customer and retailer paper. Supply terms, chargebacks, indemnity and insurance asks.
- Equipment and service agreements. Warranty, uptime and repair terms.
Keeping current
- Recall readiness. Contact tree, mock recall and lot traceability.
- Website and ad claims. Privacy pages and product claims, refreshed when rules change.
Food safety and recall plans Supplier and co-packer agreements Contract review
How it works
Who does what
We provide the knowledge, templates and checklists. You review your own contracts, and professionals you choose and pay give the advice.
We provide
- What usually applies. A checklist for your stage, products and states, with the agency source for each item.
- Templates. Contract, policy and website-page templates with plain notes on each clause, for you and your attorney to adapt.
- The calendar. Renewal and review dates in one place, with reminders.
Your own attorney does
- Reviews legal documents, if you ask. Contracts, policies and anything you will sign or publish. You are responsible for that review, and you choose and pay the attorney directly.
- Answers legal questions. Advice comes from the attorney you choose and pay, not from us. We do not hire or bill an attorney for you.
Others do
- Your own CPA or enrolled agent. Tax elections, payroll tax, sales tax and returns. You choose and pay them directly.
- You or a food safety consultant. Agency registrations and filings, and your food safety plan.
- An insurance broker. Product liability and recall cover.