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Local Food Showcased at Queen’s

Local food produce showcased at Queen's
(L-R) Tracey Jeffery (L) from Killinchy-based Eva Paris patisserie showcases her hand made luxury macarons to Michelle O’Neill MLA, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development and Professor Chris Elliott, Director of Queen’s University’s Institute for Global Food Security. Tracey is one of the local artisan food producers showcasing their products at the FoodNI Artisan Market at Queen’s.
The market is taking place alongside the Food Integrity and Traceability Conference organised by Queen’s and Safefood. 300 food safety experts from more than 25 countries are at Queen’s this week to explore how to detect and tackle current and emerging threats to the integrity of the food chain. The event also showcases Northern Ireland as a world-leader in the production of safe and traceable food.

 

Local food produce showcased at Queen's
(L-R) Queen’s University Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor James McElnay; Michelle O’Neill MLA, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development; Dr Gary Kearney, Director of Food Science at Safefood; and Professor Chris Elliott, Director of Queen’s University’s Institute for Global Food Security; sample some of the local produce showcased at the FoodNI Artisan Market at Queen’s University.
Hand-made macarons by Killinchy-based Eva Paris patisserie are among the local products available at the market, which is taking place alongside the Food Integrity and Traceability Conference. 300 food safety experts from more than 25 countries are at Queen’s to explore how to detect and tackle current and emerging threats to the integrity of the food chain. The event also showcases Northern Ireland as a world-leader in the production of safe and traceable food.