Promoting Food safety through a New Integrated Risk Analysis Approach for Foods (SAFE FOODS)
Description:
This Integrated Project will focus on the improvement of risk assessment methods and risk analysis practices for foods produced by different production practices (high or low input systems) and with different breeding technologies (traditional, molecular, genetic modification). Main objectives of the project are: * To design a European working-procedure for early identification of emerging chemical or microbial risks in food production chains in an expanding European market. . * To develop comparative safety assessment methods for foods produced by different breeding approaches and production practices, using modern profiling techniques, and new qualitative and quantitative risk-benefit (e.g. nutritional, economic) assessment models. . * To investigate consumers confidence/preferences in risk analysis practices for foods including labelling and nutrition issues. . * To understand differences in food risk perceptions of consumers, experts, and decision-makers, and to design informative risk communication strategies which directly address societal concerns including labelling and nutrition issues. . * To investigate the role of institutions across Europe involved in risk assessment and management given the greater interest of the consumer in taking a broader impact of food production on environment, animal welfare, sustainability, and socio-economic consequences into account, including labelling and nutrition issues. . * To design a new risk analysis approach for foods, integrating scientific principles, societal aspects and effective public participation. . * To apply where necessary and appropriately the different research activities completed, and to consider and interlink activities that are on-going and/or planned at international level involving different stakeholders and official national and international organisations.
Executive Institute:
BfR - Department 4: Biological Safety (BfR - BIOS) Details of BfR - Department 4: Biological Safety
Parent institution:
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Details of (BfR) (Berlin)
Contract period:
01. 09. 2004 - 31. 08. 2009
Funding Programme:
- EU Funding Details of EU Funding
Subject:
- Food Processing
- Biotechnology
Purpose of research:
Applied research
Funding Institutions:
- European Commission (EC) Details of (EC)
Project Management Agency:
- European Commission (EC) Details of EC