Welcome to the Centre for ASsured, SafE and Traceable food (ASSET) at Queen's University, Belfast. Launched in January 2009, ASSET is a new Research Centre within the Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use that is based in three Schools - the School of Biological Sciences; the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPACE) and Queen's University Management School.
ASSET's Vision:
- A food supply chain which is safe, transparent, rapidly traceable and sustainable;
- Innovative, state-of-the-art scientific techniques that will create a niche food forensic strength to develop a new dimension in animal and human health, food safety monitoring and traceability;
- A major All Island research centre that brings together four key research groups on the Island.
The Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use at Queen’s University Belfast have announced that they are to hold a major International Conference entitled: 'Food Integrity and Traceability'. The Conference is to be held at Queen’s University Belfast on 21-24 March 2011. To view the flyer for this event, please click here .
To access the website for this event, please click here.
Latest News
- 16/03/2011: ASSET PhD student receives prestigious award ASSET PhD student, Abigail Goodman, who works on Sub-strand 3 of the Project, has been awarded a You... [more]
- 13/01/2011: Safefood Networks for Biotoxins and Chemical Residues Management of the safefood Networks for Biotoxins and Chemical Residues was started by a dedicated t... [more]
- 12/01/2011: EU-funded researchers develop toxin test for shellfish Consumers wary of eating shellfish can breathe a huge sigh of relief. Scientists at Queen's Un... [more]