Project description
Preventing food fraud through digital and intelligence-based technologies
The EU-funded WATSON project will develop a set of tools and systems that can detect and prevent fraudulent practices across the entire food supply chain. It will increase transparency through improved track-and-trace mechanisms containing accurate, time-relevant and untampered information on the food product throughout its whole journey. The project will also raise consumer awareness about food safety and value, leading to the adoption of healthier lifestyles and the development of sustainable food ecosystems. Moreover, it will demonstrate the solutions in six different use cases across a number of key food supply chains, covering important commodity groups in the European food system (e.g. wine, olive oil, honey, meat, fish, cereal and dairy).
Objective
WATSON provides a methodological framework combined with a set of tools and systems that can detect and prevent fraudulent activities throughout the whole food chain thus accelerating the deployment of transparency solutions in the EU food systems. The proposed framework will improve sustainability of food chains by increasing food safety and reducing food fraud through systemic innovations that a) increase transparency in food supply chains through improved track-and-trace mechanisms containing accurate, time-relevant and untampered information for the food product throughout its whole journey, b) equip authorities and policy makers with data, knowledge and insights in order to have the complete situational awareness of the food chain and c) raise the consumer awareness on food safety and value, leading to the adoption of healthier lifestyles and the development of sustainable food ecosystems. WATSON implements an intelligence-based risk calculation approach to address the phenomenon of food fraud in a holistic way. The project includes three distinct pillars, namely, a) the identification of data gaps in the food chain, b) the provision of methods, processes and tools to detect and counter food fraud and c) the effective cross border collaboration of public authorities through accurate and trustworthy information sharing. WATSON will rely upon emerging technologies (AI, IoT, DLT, etc.) enabling transparency within supply chains through the development of a rigorous, traceability regime, and novel tools for rapid, non-invasive, on-the-spot analysis of food products. The results will be demonstrated in 6 use cases: a) prevention of counterfeit alcoholic beverages, b) preservation of the authenticity of PGI honey, c) on-site authenticity check and traceability of olive oil, d) the identification of possible manipulations at all stages of the meat chain, e) the improved traceability of high-value products in cereal and dairy chain, f) combat of salmon counterfeiting.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairy
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals
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75007 Paris
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33175 Gradignan
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00185 Roma
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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02150 Espoo
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76131 Karlsruhe
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9252 Tromso
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7034 Trondheim
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4200 465 Porto
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157 80 ATHINA
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10117 Berlin
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1253 Luxembourg
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34100 Chalkida
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731 00 CHANIA
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33180 Norena
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570 01 THERMI THESSALONIKI
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32100 LEIVADIA
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3071 Limassol
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15232 ATHINA
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65230 Vaasa
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1000 Ljubljana
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00192 Roma
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1269-160 LISBOA
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33428 Llanera
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34758 Istanbul
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1070 Wien
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33005 Oviedo
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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5000 033 Vila Real
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06129 Perugia
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13101 HAMEELINNA
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91058 Erlangen
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1421 Sofia
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95447 Bayreuth
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5004 Bergen
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9584 SOR TVERRFJORD
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3700 RONNE
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69002 Lyon
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14451 Metamorfosi Athina
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1078 Budapest
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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33428 LLANERA
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6312 Steinhausen
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5620 Bremgarten
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5070 Frick
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N1 7GU London
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33005 Oviedo
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