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CSIRO Division of Food Research (1971 - 1988)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Function: Food or Beverage Industry and Industrial or Scientific Research

Location: North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

During the early 1970s an amalgamation between the CSIRO's Divisions of Dairy Research and Food Preservation resulted in the formation of the Division of Food Research. This Division conducted research into the preservation of quality in foodstuffs. In 1986 came another name change, the Division becoming the Division of Food Processing.

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Reference/Legal Number(s): CA 4853
Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Location: North Ryde, New South Wales

Previous and Subsequent Entities

c. 1926 - 1931 CSIR Cold Storage Investigations
       1931 - 1940 CSIR Food Preservation and Transport Section
             1939 - 1962 CSIRO Dairy Research Section
             1940 - 1960 CSIRO Division of Food Preservation and Transport
                   1962 - 1971 CSIRO Division of Food Preservation
                   1962 - 1971 CSIRO Division of Dairy Research
                         1971 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Food Research
                               1988 - 1992 CSIRO Division of Food Processing
                                     1992 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology
                                           1997 - Food Science Australia - CSIRO

Controlling

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

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'Primary description of agency CA 4853; CSIRO, Division of Food Processing. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+4853. [ Details ]

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A000577. [ Details ]

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