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Department of Food Training & Technical Services –National Food Centre DublinWithin this Department is a microbiology laboratory that carries out routine testing of various food products for a variety of food borne pathogens. General Departmental DetailsHead of Department: Dr. Gerard Barry Address: The National Food Centre, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Republic of Ireland Tel: 00 353 1 8059500 Fax: 00 353 1 8059550 Email: jgbarry@indigo.ie Food Analysis Laboratory, Microbiology National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Republic of Ireland Tel: 00 353 1 8059535 Fax: 00 353 1 8059550. Email: lcaffrey@@nfc.teagasc.ie Website: www.teagasc.ie Head of Laboratory: Mr. Louis Caffrey Category of Laboratory: State Agency Lab Status of Laboratory: National Geographical area served: Republic of Ireland Overall Role of Laboratory: Contract Work & Official Food Safety/Surveillance No. Food Safety Staff: 6 Accredited by: NAB Service Contract: N/A Statutory Responsibility: No Year Established: 1988 Accessibility: Food Industry, Environmental Health Officers, Private Clients (Contract) & other Laboratories Type of Food Safety Work: Food Borne Pathogens & Food Complaints The lab also carries out occasional work for the Consumer Association of Ireland Techniques/Instrumentation used: Culture methods Specialised Testing: Isolation of Salmonella & Listeria to species I.D. Specialised Equipment: N/A
Food Research Centre - The National Food Centre, Limerick Limerick NFC Laboratory Limerick Food Centre Raheen Business Park Limerick Republic of Ireland Tel: 00 353 61 301155 Fax: 00 353 61 302613 Email: poboyle@raheen.teagasc.ie Website: www.teagasc.ie Head of Laboratory: Mr. Padraic O'Boyle Head of Centre: Dr.Gerard Barry Category of Laboratory: State Agency Status of Laboratory: National Geographical area served: Mid-West & South West Region of the Republic Ireland Overall Role of Laboratory: Contract Work & Official Food Safety/Surveillance No. Food Safety Staff: 4 Accredited by: NAB Service Contract: Approved by DAFRD for the testing of samples under various EU Directives Year Established: 1987 Statutory Responsibility: Yes Accessibility: Agricultural Inspectors, General Public, Private Clients (Contract), Food Industry, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, other Laboratories, own Institution & Third Level Institutions Type of Food Safety Work: Food Borne Pathogens & Food Complaints, Techniques/Instrumentation used: Culture Methods, Microscopy, Serotyping, pH & Brix testing Specialised Testing: Pathogen testing, food spoilage analysis, shelf-life testing, customer complaints investigation & water analysis (mineral & spring waters) Specialised Equipment: Microscopes, autoclave, incubators & colony counters.
Food Research Centre - Dairy Products Research CentreThe Dairy Products Research Centre (DPC) at Moorepark, Co. Cork undertakes scientific research and provides technological services to the dairy processing and food ingredients sectors of Irish industry. The DPC’s research facilities are of the highest standard, having benefited from extensive investment in recent years. The Centre has a small Class II food safety laboratory which is used to research pathogens of particular interest to the dairy food industry. A unique asset of the Centre is its pilot plant, an ultramodern 2,500-sq. metre facility operated by the Teagasc subsidiary, Moorepark Technology Ltd. The research expertise of the DPC embraces many aspects of food science and technology and, relative to comparable institutes, has particular strengths in process and development. The following are the main research areas:
The Centre does engage in some routine food safety testing but its scope is limited. 
Dairy Products Research Centre Moorepark Fermoy
Co. Cork Republic of Ireland Tel: 00 353 25 42283 Fax: 00 353 25 42340 Email: mfleming@moorepark.teagasc.ie Website: www.teagasc.ie Head of Laboratory: Mr. Liam Donnelly Contact: Mr. Michael G. Fleming Position: Head of Consultancy & Training Dept. Category of Laboratory: State Agency Status of Laboratory: National Geographical area served: Republic of Ireland Overall Role of Laboratory: Contract Work & Research and Development No. Food Safety Staff: 100 Accredited by: Expected in 2002 with NAB Service Contract: N/A Statutory Responsibility: No Year Established: 1966 Accessibility: Mainly Private Clients (Contract), Food Industry & Agricultural Inspectors Type of Food Safety Work: Compositional, Contaminants (incl. process), Food Borne Pathogens, General Food Quality & Nutritional. Technique / Instrumentation used: Culture Methods, Electrophoresis, GC, GC-MS, HPLC, Microscopy, PCR (inc. RT-PCR) , NMR, Bohlin Rheometer & Coulter Multisizer Specialised Testing: Amino Acid analysis & others – For further information please contact Centre Specialised Equipment: PCR equipment & a wide range of analytical instrumentation used to service the research programme.
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