SAFEWASTES - Evaluating physiological and environmental consequences of using organic wastes after technological processing in diets for livestock and humans
Description:
This project aims at developing and evaluating consequences (physiological and environmental) of using various organic wastes (OW) from the food/feed industry after their technological processing/purification as upgraded, high added value products of prev entive/therapeutic potency for livestock. In the context of phasing-out in-feed antibiotics for livestock within the EU, such post-processed industrial OW as fruits, vegetables, plant-based extracts would be of a great help to overcome a risk of uncontroll ed gastrointestinal/metabolic disorders in the absence of in-feed antibiotics in 2006. Besides, novel high value added products should allow to minimise the development of resistances of pathogenic micro-organisms, which meets consumer expectations.This pr oject is addressed towards meeting public demands and Community policy for healthy food (no risk of antibiotic resistance) being produced at a higher animal welfare standard. Moreover, it will improve European competetiveness in providing new, naturally pu rified OW as potential dietary additives/antimicrobials/functional compounds targeted for combating gastrointestinal/metabolic disorders and/or modulating the gut functioning with positive benefits for quantity/quality of consumable products from livestock . Besides, newly developed/purified OW should allow to reduce the environmental burden with the overproduction of methane and other potentially polluting/toxic compounds. This consortium comprises a multidisciplinary academic staff from the member and cand idate states, as well as SMEs to generate new manpower in biotechnological processing/upgrading of organic wastes from the food industry, (bio/phyto)chemistry, nutrition, physiology, bacteriology, functional genomics, feed technology/ manufacturing, and en vironmental protection.
Executive Institute:
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Details of University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Contract period:
01. 04. 2005 - 31. 03. 2008
Project budget:
2,200,000 €
Participating Institutions:
- BIOMIN Details of BIOMIN
- University of Hohenheim (UH) Details of UH
Funding Programme:
- EC - Specific Targeted Research Projects Details of EC - Specific Targeted Research Projects
Subject:
- Physiology of Nutrition
- Food Processing
- Food microbiology
- Toxicology
Purpose of research:
Applied research
Funding Institutions:
- European Commission (EC) Details of (EC)
Project Management Agency:
- European Commission (EC) Details of EC