Food quality and safety
 Main objectives: Assuring health and well-being of European citizens through a better understanding
of the influence of food intake and environmental factors on human health; providing
safer, high-quality and health-promoting food.
Thematic
areas:
- epidemiology of food-related diseases and allergies
- impact of food on health
- traceability processes all along the production
chain
- methods of analysis, detection and control
- safer and environmentally friendly production
methods and technologies and healthier foodstuffs
- impact of animal feed on human health
- environmental health risks
Budget:
The indicative budget allocated to the Thematic Priority Food
quality and safety for the duration of FP6 is EUR 753 million. Links
to previous activities:
Work undertaken on FP5 related to this area can be found under the
Thematic Programme Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources at
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