Value Added Poultry Processing Course

Date & Location

June 11-12, 2024

Food Processing Development Centre
6309 45 Street
Leduc, Alberta T9E 7C5
Seminar room and pilot plant
Website: Food Processing Development Centre | Alberta.ca

Daily Schedule:

June 11 - 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
June 12 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Registration

Register online!

Registration is $700 USD. This includes all course supplies, lunches, and hosted dinner on Tuesday night for the group. The course is capped at 24 people!  

Lodging

Best Western Plus Edmonton Airport Hotel
5705 50 Street, T9E 6Z8 Leduc, Canada   
Group rate at $144.99 plus 9% taxes. This rate includes complimentary hot breakfast. This rate ending date is May 17, 2024.

Best Western Premier Denham Inn & Suites
5207 50th Avenue, T9E 6V3 Leduc, Canada

Holiday Inn & Suites Edmonton Airport - Conference Ctr, an IHG Hotel
1102 4th Street, T9E 8E2 Nisku, Canada
Group rate of $114.49 + taxes per standard room and this rate ending date is May 24, 2024.

Royal Hotel Edmonton Airport - Trademark by Wyndham (was called Executive Royal Inn)
8450 Sparrow Drive, Leduc, Canada
Group rate of $124.00 / night + 13% tax per standard 2 queens or 1 king room and this rate ending date is May 24, 2024

Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel
At Edmonton Airport
Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel - Near Airport & Fitness Center (marriott.com)

Transportation Information:

Best Western Plus Edmonton Airport Hotel, Holiday Inn & Suites Edmonton Airport and the Royal Hotel Edmonton Airport will offer the group rate.

From Edmonton International Airport to hotels in Nisku and Leduc, hotel shuttles are available by visiting following website. https://flyeia.com/parking-transportation/hotel-shuttles/.

From Edmonton International Airport to the Food Processing Development Centre: it takes about 10 min from Airport to Food Processing Development Centre. Please see the map.


Program Schedule

June 11, 2024

  • 8:30 Welcome and Introductions
  • 9:00 The Poultry Industry
  • 9:30 Conversion of Muscle to Meat: Biochemical and Physical Changes
  • 10:00 Break
  • 10:15 Poultry Meat Quality
  • 11:00 Ingredients
  • 12:00 Lunch
  • 1:00 How to Calculate /Formulate a Marinade
  • 1:30 Marination Technology
  • 2:30 Break
  • 3:00 Pilot Plant Activity: Marination
  • 4:30 Wrap-Up
  • 6:00 Dinner  - TBD

June 12, 2024

  • 8:30 Coatings: Batter and Breading
  • 9:30 Cooking Principles
  • 10:15 Break - Evaluate marinated product from Day 1
  • 11:00 Frying Technology
  • 12:00 Lunch (DTAS)
  • 1:00 Food Safety
  • 2:00 Break - Pilot Plant Activity: Batter and Breading Lab with evaluation
  • 4:00 Tour of FDPC and Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator

Cancellation Policy:

To be eligible for a refund of event registration fees, requests must be received in writing.  Registrants who cancel Value Added Poultry Processing Course reservations prior to two weeks before the conference will have their registration fees refunded less a $75 cancellation fee.  Cancellations after the two-week point will not be refunded.