Food research capability
Product Quality - Food Safety - Food Integrity
ASSET Lab
Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) Queen’s University Belfast
State-of-the-art platforms for rapid identification of feed & food contamination, developing sanitisation systems, promoting global food integrity, reducing chemical & antibiotic use and enhancing sustainability & global marketability of UK agrifood products.
AgriPlas
Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) Queen’s University Belfast
Dedicated research facility for the agrifood industry focussing on potential uses of the antimicrobial properties of cold plasma for livestock healthcare & biosecurity, food hygiene and shelf-life extension.
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Mobile Sensory (Meat Quality) Laboratory
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh
Portable facility with the latest imaging and meat quality testing technologies. Supporting research into animal breeding programmes to ensure breeding objectives combine productivity, efficiency, product quality & consumer preferences.
Imaging Technology
AFBI, Belfast
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for precise assessment of body & carcass composition. Thermal imaging technology for non-invasive assessment of thermal biometric changes in metabolism, assessing general stress and indicating inflammatory processes.