FOODHORIZON Enters New Working Relationship With the Texas A&M TAES Electron Beam Research Facility.

Texas A&M and FOODHORIZON issued a Memorandum of Understandning outlining a new working relationship whereby FOODHORIZON will provide its flagship food safety technology, SENTRY9000, to the A&M E-Beam Facility to augment its food safety research.

COLLEGE STATION, TX (PRWEB) August 3, 2003 - On Monday, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) of Texas A&M University and FOODHORIZON issued a joint Memorandum of Understanding outlining a new working relationship whereby FOODHORIZON will provide its flagship product, SENTRY9000, to the Texas A&M Electron Beam Research Facility to augment research in the areas of food safety, food borne human pathogens, food quality, packaging and formulation.

TAES will benefit from the added capability SENTRY9000 will add to its research efforts as well as exposure for its faculty, staff, and students. FOODHORIZON will gain significantly by having this globally recognized research center provide recurring feedback on its SENTRY9000 product as well as having the opportunity to collaborate with its members on publication of findings in the arena of food safety.

The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) of Texas A&M University is represented by The Institute of Food Science and Engineering (IFSE), a nationally renowned center that brings together more than 140 faculty from multiple academic disciplines to solve complex problems in the food industry and provides conduit to teaching, research, and public service activities. The center is the result of a 10 year, $10 million contract between Texas A&M and Surebeam Corporation of San Diego and is equipped with state-of-the-art Surebeam electron beam system components.

FOODHORIZON is a leading provider of food safety information and performance support systems for the food manufacturing industry and is headquartered in College Station, TX. Its flagship product, SENTRY9000, is the result of over five years of research and development culminating in a world-class integrated system that supports data management for food producers relative to safety, quality, and performance. SENTRY9000 is an important innovation and leads the charge in bringing order to the complexity of food manufacturing data acquisition and management.

For Additional Information Contact:

FOODHORIZON
2700 Earl Rudder Fwy South
Suite 1301
College Station, TX 77845
979.696.7654
skip@foodhorizon.com
www.foodhorizon.com