An integrated toolbox for improved verification and prevention of adulterations and non-compliances in organic and geographical indications food supply chain

Project Information

THEROS

Grant agreement ID: 101083579

DOI

10.3030/101083579

Project closed

EC signature date 17 October 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 4 739 281,75

EU contribution

€ 3 999 691,00

Coordinated by

EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON
Greece

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Identification of end-user needs, analysis of driving forces and effects of fraud practices for organic and GI food products and benchmarking of preventive systems

Report describing i) THEROS personas, the scenarios and the user requirements stemming from the codesign process and, ii) the methodological framework for benchmarking of control and prevention approaches and traceability systems for organic and GI food supply chains

THEROS Communication, Dissemination, stakeholders’ engagement and liaison activities (initial version)

Initial version of report on the dissemination and communication plan as well as on stakeholders’ engagement (inc. THEROS advisory board members) and liaison activities

THEROS knowledge base (initial version)

Compilation of policy briefs, 3 practice abstracts (one for each of THEROS general stakeholders groups: farmers/producers; retailers/wholesalers; control and certification bodies) in the EIP-AGRI common format and reports for improved decision making and up-taking of THEROS tools and approaches.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Real-time detection of turmeric adulteration with metanil yellow using a miniaturized NIR sensor and AI techniques

Author(s): Dimitra Xenitopoulou, Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis, Achilleas Panagiotis Zalidis, George C. Zalidis
Published in: Future Foods, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2666-8335
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUFO.2025.100695

Conference proceedings (10)

User-centred pilot testing of tools for organic and geographical indication of food products

Author(s): Maria Alejandra Rubio & David Kocman
Publisher: 8th International IMEKOFOODS conference

Galician mussel species identification via HRM analysis and ML for automated DNA Classification

Author(s): Lefkothea Karapetsi (INAB-CERTH), Marios Kyriacou (eBOS), Kyriaki Psara (eBOS), Marilena Paraskeva(eBOS), Macarena Garcia Silva (KIWA), Joaquin Garrido (MEXILLON) & Panagiotis Madesis (INAB-CERTH)
Publisher: 8 th International IMEKOFOODS conference

Real time detection of turmeric adulteration with metanil yellow using a miniaturized NIR sensor and AI techniques

Author(s): """Dimitra Xenitopoulou, Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis, Achilleas Panagiotis Zalidis, George C. Zalidis"""
Publisher: Food Analytics Conference 2025

"""Uncovering Organic Apple Juice Fraud: Analytical Insights from HPLC and FTIR Spectroscopy"""

Author(s): """Christina Kamarinou, Ismini Patsopoulou, Olga Papadopoulou, Natasa Kapetanakou, Chrysoula Tassou, Anthoula Argyri"""
Publisher: 13th ICPMF international conference

Detection of organic apple juice fraud by HPLC and FTIR spectroscopy

Author(s): Christina Kamarinou, Olga Papadopoulou, Natasa Kapetanakou, Chrysoula Tassou, Anthoula Argyri
Publisher: IAFP's European Symposium 2025

An integrated toolbox for improved verification and prevention of adulterations and non-compliances in organic and geographical indications food supply chain – THEROS project

Author(s): Dimitra Tsiakou, Εlena Κrikigianni, Svetlana Vitomirović
Publisher: FOODTECH congress

Low-Cost Portable NIR and AI Approaches for Detecting Wheat Flour Adulteration with Talcum Powder

Author(s): """Achilleas Panagiotis Zalidis, Dimitra Xenitopoulou, Konstantinos Karyotis, George C. Zalidis"""
Publisher: 39th EFFoST International Conference 2025

Towards dynamic digital product passport: The approach for food sector

Author(s): Lekawska-Andrinopoulou Lucyna; Tsiakou Dimitra; Chatzioannou Konstantinos; Tsimiklis Georgios; Amditis Angelos
Published in: E3S Web of Conferences, 2024
Publisher: 5th International Conference on Environmental Design and Health, ICED2024
DOI: 10.1051/E3SCONF/202458508001

An integrated toolbox for improved verification and prevention of adulterations and non-compliances in organic and geographical indications food supply chain

Author(s): David Kocman, Raghuraj Singh Chouhan, Jure Ftičar & THEROS consortium
Publisher: 2nd ISO-FOOD Symposium

Real-Time Detection of Turmeric Adulteration with Metanil Yellow using a Miniaturized NIR Sensor and AI techniques

Author(s): Dimitra Xenitopoulou, Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis, Achilleas Panagiotis Zalidis, Eleni Kalopesa, George C. Zalidis
Publisher: 38th EFFoST International Conference 2024