Providing food science solutions - fast!
The Institute of Food Research in Norwich is internationally recognised for its strategic and applied research on food, diet and health issues. Responding to repeated demand, they have now made their expertise available in the form of rapid contract research services to companies in the food and allied sectors via a new subsidiary, ‘IFR Extra’.
Headed up by Managing Director and Analytical Chemist Reg Wilson, with Microbiologist Tim Brocklehurst as Head of Consultancy, the new company is undertaking short-term applied research, trouble-shooting and specialist analysis, making IFR’s expertise available and affordable to all companies.
The team not only have newly refurbished laboratories adjacent to IFR’s main buildings, but can also access the full range of experts and resources in the Institute and wider across the Norwich Research Park. They aim to provide a cost-effective, confidential service underpinned by a group of highly-respected consultants covering Microbiology, Authentication, Food Materials Science, Retail Analysis, Product Development, Legislation, Product Marketing, Polymers and Packaging and Nutritional advice.
Through his microbiological expertise Head of Consultancy, Tim Brocklehurst has outstanding relationships with industry clients. “Interest in what we can offer has been very strong” he comments “and we have had to move fast to find additional staff to carry out client projects. We are particularly pleased to have recruited Company Microbiologist, Kirrilly Wilson.”
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IFR Extra microbiologist Kirrilly Wilson |
Kirrilly has HACCP (application & development) & food safety training experience in addition to her specialised investigational work and trouble shooting.
"IFR Extra is actively recruiting new staff” commented MD Reg Wilson. “I am keen to hear from experienced microbiologists and analysts (HPLC, MS, NMR), particularly those with an industrial background or experience of working in a food-based laboratory.”
“We have recently launched a website www.ifrextra.co.uk and you can reach our experts via Client Account Manager, Kerry I'Anson, who is the first contact for enquiries” he explained.
Kerry has wide-ranging lab experience that spans plant molecular biology to microbiology and she has worked extensively with industry. Potential clients or staff can contact Kerry on Tel +44 (0)1603 255342 or via e-mail ifr.extra@ifr.ac.uk
Contacts
Reg Wilson, Managing Director, IFR Extra
t: 01603 255210
m: 07785 724996
Andy Chapple, Assistant Press Officer, Institute of Food Research
t: 01603 251490
m: 07785 766779
e: andrew.chapple@ifr.ac.uk
Notes to editors
- Photographs of Reg Wilson, Tim Brocklehurst and Kirrilly Wilson are available from the Press Office.
- The mission of the Institute of Food Research (www.ifr.ac.uk) is to undertake international quality scientific research relevant to food and human health and to work in partnership with others to provide underpinning science for consumers, policy makers, the food industry and academia. It is a company limited by guarantee, with charitable status, grant aided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (www.bbsrc.ac.uk)
- IFR Extra is a financially independent subsidiary of the IFR and is fully endorsed by the Institute’s Executive Board. Its profits are grant-aided to the Institute to support and enhance its research programmes on food, diet and health. The need for IFR Extra has been identified via IFR’s on-going engagement with industry, particularly that fostered by the Food and Health Network. IFR Extra aims to address the requirement from government, through the research councils, to deliver improved knowledge transfer and social impact from the Institute’s funding streams. (www.ifrextra.co.uk)
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