Baking Industry Research Trust and Nzab

about us the baking industry research trust (birt) is a sub-committee of the new zealand association of bakers (nzab), delegated the responsibility of administering the trust account. the trust account was set up to meet the requirements of the wheat industry research levies act 1989 and to identify and make recommendations to the nzab executive. the nzab executive has legal responsibility for administering the trust, and other levy payers on research projects. since the formation of the trust in 1989, a key aspect of the trust’s work has been to ensure that the research conducted is appropriate for the industry sector the trust represents.the trust has conducted a number of strategy workshops in which industry personnel have outlined the research framework for the trust to follow. the framework developed has provided the trust with some clear guidelines but the trust is always open to further input from levy payers as to research projects they believe would assist them in their busine