New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra launches research centre in Cork

This is the first time that the New Zealand-based global dairy producer will have established a team in Ireland.

Fonterra general manager science and technology Dr Mark Malone, APC director Professor Paul Ross, and UCC president Professor John O'Halloran at the launch of the new Fonterra Microbiome Research Centre. Picture: Gerard McCarthy Photography 

New Zealand global dairy giant Fonterra has launched a new research centre in Ireland.

The Fonterra Microbiome Research Centre is a new collaboration with APC Microbiome Ireland, an SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork (UCC).