DAIRY RESEARCH IN THE FOOD-SCIENCE DIVISION, BELFAST

This paper describes dairy related research currently underway in the Food Science Division in Belfast. Topics include the heat resistance o f Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, which has been implicated as the cau sative agent of Crohn's disease of humans, incidence of enterovirulent Escherichia coli in raw milk, shelf-life of pasteurized milk, dietary manipulation of milk fat composition and the application of high pres sure processing to dairy products.