ESFRI Roadmap 2018  - Domain

HIGH-LEVEL METROLOGY SERVICES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY

Consortium

The multi-disciplinary consortium includes a total of 13 partners – 12 Beneficiaries and 1 Associated Partner – from 13 countries, including 10 Member States (Italy, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia), 2 Associated Countries (North Macedonia, Turkey),  and Switzerland.

The consortium includes 4 research institutions (ENEA, IBA, JSI, TUBITAK), 3 universities (CZU, AUTH, TUM); 3 national health institutes (SCIENSANO, IJZSRM, INSA), 1 technological center & industrial technology provider (EUT), and 2 ICT companies (PMT, PMT PL) from different geographic areas: Western, Central, Eastern, and South Europe).

CoordinatorItalian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA)

Coordinator
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA)

Is a public body aimed at research, technological innovation and the provision of advanced services to enterprises, public administration and citizens in the sectors of energy, the environment, agro-food systems and sustainable economic development. ENEA's scientific and technological development activities are carried out in 9 Research Centers throughout the country. https://www.enea.it/en

Principal Investigator: Claudia Zoani -

Sciensano

Sciensano

Sciensano’s expertise is focused on the identification and characterization of hazards and risks to public health. We host official control laboratories for medicines and food safety reference laboratories for the analysis of pesticides, food contact materials, natural toxins, nanomaterials and heavy metals. https://www.sciensano.be/en

Principal Investigator: Joris Van Loco -

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague- Ceska Zemedelska Univerzita V Praze (CZU)

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague- Ceska Zemedelska Univerzita V Praze (CZU)

Is a public university with more than 18 000 students. The Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources has more than 4000 students and 300 employees. Graduates of the faculty are employed in agriculture, quality of food, nutrition, and other related areas of life sciences. https://www.czu.cz/en/

Principal Investigator: Lenka Kourimska -

Technical university of munich - technische universitaet muenchen (TUM)

Technical university of munich - technische universitaet muenchen (TUM)

TUM-Analytical Food Chemistry is dedicated to develop and validate new methods for bioactive trace compounds incl. mycotoxins, vitamins in foods, most of which are quantitated mainly by stable isotope dilution assays. Moreover, TUM-ALC is running the comprehensive Foodomics Platform. https://www.wzw.tum.de

Principal Investigator: Michael Rychlik –

Eurecat technology center - fundacio eurecat (EUT)

Eurecat technology center - fundacio eurecat (EUT)

Is the leading multisectorial technology centre in Catalonia and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. It manages a turnover of 62M€ and 650 professionals, is involved in more than 160 R&D projects and has a customer portfolio of over 1.500 companies. https://eurecat.org/en/

Principal Investigator: Biotza Gutierrez -

Aristotle university of thessaloniki - aristotelio panepistimio thessalonikis (AUTH)

Aristotle university of thessaloniki - aristotelio panepistimio thessalonikis (AUTH)

The Research units Laboratory of Food Chemistry & Technology and Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry belong to the School of Chemistry that serves all disciplines of Chemistry. The Laboratory of Organic Chemistry of the School of Engineering has a long experience in chemistry of natural products. The Pesticide Science Laboratory of the School of Agriculture has long experience in the chemistry, formulation, mode of action, toxicology and environmental fate of pesticides. https://www.auth.gr/en

Principal Investigator: Maria Tsimidou -

Institute of public health of republic of north macedonia - j.z.u. institut za javno zdravje na republika severna makedonija skopje (IJZRSM)

Institute of public health of republic of north macedonia - j.z.u. institut za javno zdravje na republika severna makedonija skopje (IJZRSM)

Is one of the oldest institutions in the country established in 1924. Laboratories involved in P-RI carry out analysis for pesticides, mycotoxins, trace elements, nutritive value in food. Quality of analysis is provided by following standards, guidelines and maintenance accreditation since 2006. https://www.iph.mk/en/

Principal Investigator: Anita Najdenkoska -

Pmt - premotec gmbh - premotec poland sp. Z o.o. (PMT PL)

Pmt - premotec gmbh - premotec poland sp. Z o.o. (PMT PL)

Is a Swiss SME and created, in cooperation with many experts, a software system called FoodCASE to manage scientific food data. FoodCASE can manage food composition, food consumption, total diet study and branded food data and is designed as global information system. It will be extended to manage analytical data and for data exchange. https://premotec.ch/

Principal Investigator: Karl Presser -

National institute of health doutor ricardo jorge - instituto nacional de saude dr. Ricardo jorge (INSA)

National institute of health doutor ricardo jorge - instituto nacional de saude dr. Ricardo jorge (INSA)

Is an institution founded in 1899 by the Humanist Ricardo Jorge. Integrating the Ministry of Health, it is the State Laboratory of the Portuguese health sector that contributes to gains in public health mainly through the functions of Health Research; National Reference Laboratory; National Health Observatory and Epidemiological Surveillance http://www.insa.pt/

Principal Investigator: Isabel Castanheira -

National research&development institute for food bioresources - institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare pentru bioresurse alimentare (IBA)

National research&development institute for food bioresources - institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare pentru bioresurse alimentare (IBA)

Is a public research organization conducting food and nutritional research, product and technology development and food S&T services for food industry. IBA Bucharest holds ISO17025 accreditation for assessing Quality and safety of foodstuffs and functions as a national reference laboratory on several food safety and quality issues. https://www.bioresurse.ro/?lang=en

Principal Investigator: Nastasia Belc -

The jožef stefan institute - institut jozef stefan (JSI)

The jožef stefan institute - institut jozef stefan (JSI)

Is the leading Slovenian scientific research institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. The staff of about 1050 specializes in natural sciences, life sciences and engineering. Its mission is the accumulation - and dissemination - of knowledge at the frontiers of natural science and technology. https://www.ijs.si/ijsw/JSI

Principal Investigator: Nives Ogrinc -

Tubitak marmara research center - turkiye bilimsel ve teknolojik arastirma kurumu (TUBITAK)

Tubitak marmara research center - turkiye bilimsel ve teknolojik arastirma kurumu (TUBITAK)

Is one of the leading organizations of the advanced technology world thanks to its ability and capacity in basic researches, applied research & development, technology transfer, innovation, system and facility construction, national standard and norm setting, professional consulting and training activities. http://mam.tubitak.gov.tr/en/

Principal Investigator: Hayrettin Ozer -

METROFOOD-EPI consortium
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