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POSTnotes

POSTnotes are short briefing notes designed to inform Parliamentarians on scientific subjects.

IFST has been running an annual Fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology since 2008. Each year, the current POST Fellow creates a POSTnote on a food-related subject.

2016-17 - Ruth Barnes, University of Reading, UK food supply

2015-16 - Sarah Smith, University of Reading, Intellectual Property and Plants

2014-15 - Daniel McDowell, Queen's University Belfast, Sugar and Health

2012-13 - Daniel Amund, London Met University, Livestock Vaccines

2011-12 - Anne Richmond, Queen's University, Belfast, Livestock Super Farms

2010-11 - Joanne Edgar, Bristol University – Animal Health & Biosecurity, Livestock Diseases

2008-09 - Nancy Acosta, Birmingham University, Food Hygiene Standards

 

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