The J. R. Vickery Address 1999 - Australia's contribution to internationalfood research

Food research was a priority area from the beginning of national research p rograms early this century because of the importance to the Australian econ omy of the export of meat, dairy products and apples as refrigerated cargoe s. Other commodity groups that receive research support are cereals, seafoo ds including aquaculture, eggs, legumes, dried fruits, ginger and macadamia nuts. Notable contributions to world knowledge have been made in food microbiolog y and mycology, food chemistry, food engineering, active food packaging and plant cell culture technology.