Darussalam Enterprise, DARe and Universiti Teknologi Brunei, UTB will be helping local Food and Beverages companies improve their products by leveraging on UTB’s Centre for Research on Agri-Food and Technology, CrAFT. The collaboration between DARe and UTB will see the launch of the Food Development and Innovation for Enterprise, FOODIE, an initiative that helps businesses improve their products. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between DARe and UTB CrAFT, yesterday afternoon.

Earlier, Awang Daniel Leong, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Brunei Economic Development Board, BEDB and DARe in his welcoming address expressed that Foodie was designed due to lack of technical knowledge in product research and development. Meanwhile, Dayang Doctor Syazana Abdullah Lim, Director of CrAFT in her speech hoped that F&B companies are open to and embrace new technologies such as Internet of Things, loT, to support their long-term growth through the programme.  The signing of MoU was witnessed by Datin Paduka Professor Doctor Dayang Hajah Zohrah bin Haji Sulaiman, Vice Chancellor of UTB.

Source: Radio Television Brunei