UCC and Teagasc form research alliance

A MAJOR step towards creating a single research programme to supportinnovation and development in the country’s €25 billion-turnover food and drink industry was taken yesterday.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Brendan Smith formally launched the University College Cork (UCC) and Teagasc Strategic Alliance in Food Research. UCC and Teagasc have internationally acclaimed reputations for research and a long established history of working together.

The new alliance brings those links to a new level through sharing resources, infrastructure and facilities. It will focus research on the themes of food and health, food science and technology and food and the consumer.