Irish research to extend fresh produce shelf life

Simon Coveney, minister for agriculture, food and the marine (centre), Dan Browne, chairperson, Food Research Ireland (left) and Matt Dempsey, Farmers Journal (right).

A lecturer at Ireland’s Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has begun breakthrough research that he hopes will extend the shelf life of fruit and vegetables, reducing spoilage as well as safeguarding nutritional quality, Anthony Garvey reports.

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