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Spectroscopic techniques ((NIR), (FTIR), (NMR)) for rapid direct measurements of food quality

Objectif

The project aims to provide rapid, instrumental food quality measurement techniques to satisfy consumer/industrial needs in Europe. This will be achieved by the following :

- Signal interpretation i.e. to interpret, define, process and quantify, instrumental signals in order to understand and justify signal/quality relationships ;

- Mathematical treatment/interpretation of instrumental data to modify signals and combine signal data from different instrument types, in order to relate the signal to food quality characteristics ;

- Instrument and experimental design to optimise instrumental and experimental design for measurement of food quality ;

- Computer database to collate and disseminate findings from signal interpretation, instrument and experimental design to produce value added information to enable effective prediction of food quality for specific food applications.

Thus, a deeper understanding of the instrumental signals, combined with the development of techniques for modifying and combining feedback to enable optimisation of instrumental and experimental design, will provide the best data for the dissemination of information.

Participating institutions from Member Countries : B, D, DK, E, F, GR, IRL, P.
Interested Third Countries : N, S, SF.

CURRENT STATUS

The project started on 1 June 1990 after more than six months of preparation. The quality and safety of foods for the consumer could be substantially improved by the provision of rapid simple-to-use instrumental methods. The food industry would also benefit from this rapid, new technology in its application at the formulation control stage, during process control and as a check on final product quality. The instruments could be used either off-line as rapid analytical devices or as true on-line quality sensors with full feed-back control systems. Some thirty-two participant organisations from thirteen EC and EC affiliated countries are involved in the project. Participants are drawn from a wide field of instrumental methodologies, i.e. NIR, FTIR, NMR. These areas have in the past acted relatively independently. Thus under this project's aim of unifying work, a high degree of coordination and communication is needed to achieve added value. Overall coordination, administration and contractual obligati ns will be the responsibility of the lead organisation (CFDRA-UK) while technical coordination, programme planning and progression will be shared by CFDRA-UK and IFRN-UK with four sub-project area coordinators from the National Food Centre (IRL), Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs (E), INRA (F) and TNO-CIVO (NL). This coordination structure will ensure that the programme runs according to schedule and that all participants will be able to benefit from efficient communication.

Participants will contribute to the sub-project groups and bring specific product, instrumental or analytical skills to the sub-project topics, based on their research programmes. These specific skills include computing, mathematics and statistics, sample presentation and cell design, spectral interpretation, instrumentation design and construction, etc. concerning food products such as grains and cereals, milk and dairy products, meat and meat products, alcoholic and soft drinks, fruit juices, vegetables, sugars and fermented foods.

WORK PLANNED

- Organisational meeting to plan participants' contributions to workshops and seminars, planning of personnel exchanges, training and co-publication of experimental work will be held in Dublin, 17 September 90.

- Reports, newsletter items and database will be prepared and published.

- A project newsletter will be launched (August 1990).

- Analysis of data input and information retrieval requirements of participants to be developed (December 1990).

- A computer bulleting board network and an electronic mailing system for participants to be developed (December 1990).

This project also belongs to the EC research and development programme, FLAIR.

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Coordinateur

Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA)
Contribution de l’UE
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Adresse
Station Road
GL55 6LD Chipping Campden
Royaume-Uni

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Participants (6)