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Food Safety - Forming a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks (SAFEFOODERA)
Funding programme
Contract period:
2004
- 2009
Eligible costs:
Subcontracting
Project management agency:
European Commission
Funding institution:
European Commission
Framework programme:
EU - FP7 Theme 1: Health
Structural goals:
Individual projects
Consumers, in particular, appreciate a
government which can pre-empt a serious
food scare by catching it early and taking
preventative measures. Research to
develop such measures and make them
broadly applicable is likely to be a priority.
It is vital that when potential problems
are found in one country – re-emerging
diseases such as bird flu, for example, or
high-risk substances like veterinary
medicines detected in batches of food – the
entire European Union is rapidly informed.
SAFEFOODERA is identifying a system to
describe new and potential chemical and
microbial risks as they emerge around
Europe.
The network will help disseminate results
from national research programmes,
through dialogue with consumer groups,
industry and other stakeholders across
Europe. It also hopes to establish common
procedures for evaluating research
projects, to improve the transferability of
scientific evidence, and pave the way for
transnational research programmes. In all,
this collaboration between high-profile
food safety authorities should reassure
everyone in the food chain, from farmer to
consumer, that every effort is being made
to keep European food as safe as possible.
