Corporate Body
Meat Research Laboratory - CSIRO (1969 - c. 1992)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1 January 1969
Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia - To
- c. 1992
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research and Food or beverage industry
- Reference No
- CA 4643
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Cannon Hill, Queensland
Summary
The CSIRO Meat Research Laboratory was established in 1969. In the early 1990s CSIRO co-operated with the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation, to make the Laboratory a separate commercial entity, known as Australian Meat Technology Pty. Ltd.
Details
From National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch:
"The Meat Research Laboratory which is part of the CSIRO Division of Food Research is situated on a 15 acre site at Cannon Hill and was established in 1969. On the site there are two research wings which contain twenty five individual laboratory units, an administrative wing, a series of cattle and sheep pens and slaughter and processing facilities."
"The main objectives of the laboratory are: to solve present problems in the meat industry; to expand the basic knowledge of meat and muscle; to develop improved methods for the preservation and utilisation of beef, lamb and mutton and to develop new products and processes for the benefit of the industry. The laboratory has a total staff of ninety which includes thirty scientists."
Related entries
Timeline
1969 - c. 1992 Meat Research Laboratory - CSIRO
c. 1992 - Australian Meat Technology Pty Ltd
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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Published resources
Books
- 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
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612393. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4643; CSIRO, Meat Research Laboratory, Cannon Hill. Registration of entity: 3 August 1988', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204643. 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: 13 July 2000, Last modified: 28 February 2024
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