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To: Jeffrey L. Henken who wrote (2670)	2/22/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: R.C.L.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4356

This is the type of technology that will probably be our largest competition in the future Meat Technologies Open New Export Prospects February 11, 1998 CSIRO Media Release Technological breakthroughs by Australian food scientists to make abbatoir tasks more efficient and meat cleaner and safer for Australias consumers and export customers, are the centerpiece of a $A1 million commercial deal with Japan. The deal will be finalized in a formal signing ceremony at the Food Science Australia laboratory in Brisbane on 11 February. A suite of abattoir research and design projects will be funded and commercialized by a Japanese abattoir engineering company, Advance Food Technology (AFT). The AFT contract includes technologies to automatically restrain, stun and process meat and carcasses in state-of-the-art conditions of hygiene. Specifically, the technologies include: a high-technology slaughtering procedure which enables abattoirs to improve line efficiency and enhance worker safety; design and manufacture of a prototype autostunner which reduces the likelihood of microbial contamination at this stage of the process; semi-automatic head meat removal which improves meat yield and other processes to reduce the potential for intestinal bacterial contamination. Food Science Australia Chief Executive Dr Michael Eyles says the technologies will be available to Australian meat processors at the same time as to AFT. The deal will help open up fresh meat export opportunities to Japan for local firms, while at the same time Japanese investment funds will help accelerate the development of these technologies for use in Australia. Building a state-of-the-art meatworks incorporating these technologies is part of a plan by the Japanese Government to modernize the nations meat processing industry. Support for the initiatives is provided through the Japanese Meat Production and Technology Institute (JAMTI) in association with the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. JAMTI contracts out R&D to its members, including AFT. CSIRO, a major partner in Food Science Australia, has a centre of expertise in abattoir engineering in Brisbane. With financial support from the Meat Research Corporation (MRC), CSIRO has developed advanced automated and semi-automated prototype equipment.