The wide audience, representing the interests of government, academia, industry and consumers, will hear how the Institute is planning to provide high quality independent research relevant to the issues of food safety, quality, nutrition and health, and the role of science and technology in the food supply in the coming years. Delegates will also have the opportunity to meet and discuss issues with leading members of our research team.
Journalists are welcome to attend.
Science has been central to all the debates surrounding food. With the new millennium comes ever higher aspirations of food, new regulatory frameworks and increasing production and manufacturing complexity. Our underpinning research is fundamental to ensuring that political, industrial and, importantly, consumer decisions can be based on objective data, tempered by value-based perceptions. It can only do this if it has access to the best available science upon which to base its decisions on food safety, food quality and other issues of importance to the consumer. IFR, which is a source of independent high quality research, is therefore vitally important.