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Massey University Opens Pilot Food Science Plant
Thursday, 10 July 2008
High-tech ice-cream and freeze-dried kiwifruit were on the menu at yesterday’s opening of Massey’s $25 million food pilot plant – the most advanced facility of its kind in Australasia.
(via Massey University) The new complex at the University’s Palmerston North campus will be used for research and teaching as well as commercially, enabling companies to benefit from both the state-of-the-art equipment
and the expertise of the largest cluster of food technologists in New Zealand. More than 100 visitors from across the food industry attended the launcht.
The plant was officially opened by Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton. Mr Anderton said the new food pilot plant closely aligned with the education and research intent behind the Government-industry collaboration "Fast Forward", which will see
$700 million of Government investment matched by industry to boost research and development in New Zealand’s pastoral and food industries.
“Training is the first step we have to get right. This pilot centre will help get that right and it is symbolic of our commitment to innovation in our most important sectors.”
New Zealand had always been dependent on its food exports, with agriculture, food, forestry and aquaculture accounting for 65 per cent of exports.
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