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The National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) is
a unique research consortium composed of scientists from academia,
the Food and Drug Administration, and food related industries.
NCFST provides a neutral ground where industry, academia and government
scientists can pool their scientific expertise and institutional
perspectives to address food safety issues in a proactive and
creative manner. The program at NCFST consists of two components,
research and outreach, with governance and policy determined by
an Executive Advisory Board composed of FDA, academic and industry
members.
NCFST goals are to:
- foster scientific and technical
exchange among diverse
segments of the food science community;
- better understand the science
and engineering behind
food safety;
- conduct research promoting
the safety and quality
of the U.S. food supply; and
- conduct research needed
to answer regulatory
questions related to food safety.
NCFST is funded through
a cooperative agreement
among the Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, the
Illinois Institute
of Technology, and
industry members.
Location
The National Center
for Food Safety and Technology
is located at IIT's
(Illinois Institute of Technology) Moffett Campus in the near
west suburbs
of Chicago,
Illinois. Facilities
at the campus include
several buildings which house offices, the
library, research laboratories
and pilot plants. The
Moffett Campus site was donated to IIT by CPC
International Inc.
in 1988.
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