Ashtown Food Research Centre

Teagasc Ashtown is located on the outskirts of Dublin. The site extends to 30 hectares which includes the National Prepared Consumer Food Centre, a biocontainment level 3 food safety facility, a pilot-scale abattoir, meat processing plant, product development plant, a sensory science suite and a neutraceutical facility. Horticultural research is also undertaken at this location. The Teagasc Food Research Centre at Ashtown has an excellent research track record in microbiological and chemical food safety, meat and meat products, cereal and bakery products, marine based ingredients, sensory science and in the field of neutraceuticals.