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MATÍS Food Research, Innovation &
Safety
About Matís
• Food research company • Founded in 2007 following the merger of three,
former public food research institutes: • Private, non-profit, official public limited company • Owned by the Icelandic government• Number of employees 90
About Matís
• The Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories (IFL), which was an independent food research institute (Ministry of Fisheries)
• Matra which was a joint venture of IceTec and the
Agricultural Research Institute
• RUST, the research division of the Environment and Food Agency (Ministry for the Environment)
• MATÍS also operates: Prokaria, a private biotechnology Iceprotein, a protein production company based in the northern
part of Iceland.
Mergers – from 4 ministries
• IFL : Ministry of fisheries
• Matra : Ministry of agriculture and Ministry of industry
• RUST: Ministry of environment
4 ministries involved
Organization of MATÍS
FinancesAðalbjörg E. Halldórsdóttir
Food Safety environment and
healthFranklín Georgsson
Biotechnology and new products
Ragnar Jóhannsson
Processing and Product
DevelopmentGuðjón Þorkelsson
Mannauðsstjórnun og innri ferlar
DirectorSjöfn Sigurgísladóttir
Board
Fjármál og rekstur
Markaðsmál
Viðskiptaþróun
• Erfðatækni
• Líftækniafurðir
Og ný matvæli
• Vöruþróun og Neytenda-rannsóknir
• Eldisrannsóknir
• Ný tækni og markaðir
• Vinnsla
• Örveru-Rannsóknir
• Efna-rannsóknir
• Ráðgjöf, upplýsinga-
miðlun, áhættumat og gagnagrunnar
Matís locations2 locations in Reykjavík 6 locations outside Reykjavik
Research and innovation in the food industry and
technology
• Food processing
• Food products development and innovation in the food industry
• Aquaculture
• Consumer and food market developments
• Biotechnology of food products
• Biotechnology, DNA sequencing and animal genotyping
Research in Food safety: safe and wholesome food
• Microbiology analysis
• Chemicals analysis
• New and improved methods
• Monitoring
• Information to consumers, industry and authorities
• Risk & benefit assessment
• Risk communication
• Consultation
Co-operation
Food Industry
for Innovation in the Icelandic food Industry
Universities
Hostpitals and health system
Research Institutes
Health authorities
Youngster education
Ministries
OrganisationsPuplic & Private
Matís
www.matis.is
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