Objective RASFF alerts show that monitoring of chemical contaminants in food and feed is very relevant in European food safety. Also consumers placed chemical contaminants on top of the “worry-scale” of food-related risks. According to the General Food Law, food and feed industries are responsible for the safety of their products. Often expensive instrumental single-analyte methods are being applied by regulatory and industrial laboratories. There is an urgent need for replacement by validated screening tools which are simple, inexpensive and rapid, but also show multiplex capability by detecting as many contaminants in parallel as possible. The CONffIDENCE proposal has been designed to provide long-term solutions to the monitoring of persistent organic pollutants, perfluorinated compounds, pesticides, veterinary pharmaceuticals (coccidiostats, antibiotics), heavy metals and biotoxins (alkaloids, marine toxins, mycotoxins) in high-risk products such as fish and fish feed, cereal-based food/feed and vegetables. A balanced mix of novel multiplex technologies will be utilized, including dipsticks, flow cytometry with functionalised beads, SPR optical and electrochemical biosensors, cytosensors and metabolomics-like comprehensive profiling. After validation, the simplified methods will be applied in impact demonstrators that contribute to exposure assessment and validation of hazard models. Moreover, hazards of emerging contaminants will be assessed through toxicological testing. Dissemination to scientists and to relevant stakeholders, including the food and feed industry, regulatory control bodies, DG-SANCO, EFSA, exporting countries, CRLs, routine laboratories, CEN and consumers will be assured by e-communication, press releases, public workshops, open days, presentations, publications and a science education module. The consortium consists of 17 partners from 10 countries, representing 9 research institutes, 5 universities, 2 large food and feed industries and 1 SME. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsbiosensorsengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safetymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsantibioticsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growingsocial scienceslaw Keywords Food contaminant control detection exposure feed monitoring multi rapid safety screening Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE-2007-2-4-02 - Detecting contaminants in the food and feed chain Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH EU contribution € 1 377 859,00 Address DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 6708 PB Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jelte Zeilstra (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (17) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE Czechia EU contribution € 279 744,00 Address TECHNICKA 5 166 28 Praha See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anna Mittnerova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 579 764,00 Address CALLE SERRANO 117 28006 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mar Garcia Ferrer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CHEMISCHES UND VETERINARUNTERSUCHUNGSAMT STUTTGART Germany EU contribution € 67 032,00 Address SCHAFLANDSTRASSE 3 70736 FELLBACH See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michelangelo Anastassiades (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION Belgium EU contribution € 232 770,00 Address Rue de la Loi 200 1049 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marc Wellens (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS United Kingdom EU contribution € 478 427,00 Address SEACOLE BUILDING, 2 MARSHAM STREET SW1P 4DF LONDON See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joanne Baker (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 290 779,00 Address ANKER ENGELUNDS VEJ 101 2800 Kongens Lyngby See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Henrik C. Wegener (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU Netherlands EU contribution € 89 622,00 Address Antonie Van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 3721 MA Bilthoven See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Peter Altena (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution € 365 118,00 Address UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michael Daly (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 249 895,00 Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Angelo Visconti (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE WALLON DE RECHERCHES AGRONOMIQUES Belgium EU contribution € 259 504,00 Address RUE DE LIROUX 9 5030 Gembloux See on map Region Région wallonne Prov. 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