The UK Food Safety Research Network connects food industry, food and health policymakers and academia to collaboratively pursue shared research priorities that will protect the UK from foodborne hazards.
- Find out more on the UK Food Safety Research Network website
The network is hosted by Quadram Institute funded by BBSRC and the Food Standards Agency and serves as an innovation hub to coordinate and fund cross-sectoral research and training activities that address current and emerging challenges.
The network is led by Quadram Institute group leaders Dr Matthew Gilmour and Dr Maria Traka.
Current priorities are:
- Reducing microbial risk of known pathogens
- Understanding and navigating risk in the novel and unknown
- Applying food safety knowledge and technology to traditional practices to reduce risk
- Food safety in the home
Previous priorities were:
- Reducing microbial risks of known pathogens
- Understanding risk of alternative proteins and new plant based foods
- Applying food safety knowledge and new tools to ready-to-eat foods
