€3m food safety research project ‘an opportunity’ for agri-food sector

A €3 MILLION food safety research project offers a tremendous opportunity for the all-Ireland agri-food sector to establish itself as a proponent of safe, nutritionally beneficial and ethical foods with a strong local branding and a hallmark of quality, said the North’s Minister for Employment and Learning, Danny Kennedy.

A consortium led by Queen’s University, Belfast, with 11 partners from six countries, was awarded the research funding against competing bids from across Europe.

Their project (Quality and Safety of Feeds and Food for Europe) will study ways to improve the safety of animal feeds and the entire European animal-based food chain.