Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Food Research (1971 - 1988)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1971
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1988
- Functions
- Food or beverage industry and Industrial or scientific research
- Reference No
- CA 4853
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- North Ryde, New South Wales
Summary
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.
Related entries
Timeline
c. 1926 - 1931 CSIR Cold Storage Investigations
1931 - 1940 CSIR Food Preservation and Transport Section
1939 - 1962 CSIR/O Dairy Research Section
1940 - 1960 CSIR/O 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 Corporate Bodies
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Published resources
Books
- Bastian, J. M.; McBean, D. McG.; Smith, M. B., 50 Years of Food Research (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1979). Details
- Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details
Journal Articles
- 'M. V. Tracey, Chief, Division of Food Research [CSIRO]', Australian Journal of Dairy Technology, 26 (3) (1971), 70. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-631732. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4853; CSIRO, Division of Food Processing. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204853. 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/index_c.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 15 June 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006
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