Saint-Lo, France
Actalia
ACTIA multi-site centre (Cécalait, Ploufragan, La Roche-sur-Foron) for dairy, meat and fish pilot trials.
ACTALIA is an accredited technical and scientific centre serving the agri-food sector. The organisation operates from Saint-Lô, France and is labelled as an Institut Technique Agro-Industriel by the French Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fishing. Beyond its foundational expertise in dairy technology and microbiological analysis of milk and dairy products, the centre provides services across the full agri-food spectrum including food safety evaluation, sensory analysis, quality management, environmental performance assessment, innovation support, and analytical services.
The organisation is structured into seven specialised units. The Food Safety unit uniquely houses confined facilities at biosafety levels 2 and 3 for microbicide process evaluation, virology and parasitology work. The Dairy Products unit delivers technology, technical assistance and microbiological expertise recognised nationally and internationally. Additional units address quality control and laboratory testing, sensory evaluation and consumer insight, product and packaging innovation, and environmental assessment including life cycle analysis. The Cecalait unit contributes to analytical method development and harmonisation for milk and dairy products at national and international levels.
Services include laboratory analyses, R&D project support, technical training programmes covering quality management, hygiene, environment and ecodesign, and scientific and technical information services. The centre conducts research for industry clients and maintains expertise across thermal processes, fermentation with lactic acid bacteria cultures, and drying technologies including spray drying, serving both food safety evaluation and product development applications.
Capabilities
- Thermal
- Pasteurization
- Fermentation
- Lactic acid bacteria
- Drying
- Spray drying
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