SARDI has strong capability in seafood physiology, seafood engineering and new product development but limited technical capability in the area of post-harvest finished product quality and quality management systems. This role will fill this capability gap and provide process and product quality improvements (e.g. freezing and shelf life extension activities) which should translate rapidly into improvements in industrial processes.

Projects where support in the maintenance of product quality would provide significant value include:-
- Research, develop and trial of new abalone products in China. This new position will provide the technical resource to the project to translate the quality criteria (customer requirements) into improvements of processing, packaging, product storage and transport through the distribution chain.

- Successful Sardines, This position will provide the necessary support to assist in the maintenance of product quality, particularly through the processing environment as well as in the implementation and ongoing application of HACCP and quality systems.

The post-doc will be expected to work closely with CRC industry participants to develop research projects to support the current market and product development research projects in program 2.