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MICROORC: ORCHESTRATING FOOD SYSTEM MICROBIOMES TO MINIMIZE FOOD WASTE

Descrizione del progetto

Una soluzione globale per la crisi dello spreco alimentare

Montagne di cibo scartato contribuiscono a una sfida globale sconcertante: lo spreco alimentare. Ogni anno, miliardi di tonnellate finiscono in discarica, mettendo a dura prova le economie e l’ambiente. È un problema che richiede un intervento urgente. In questo contesto, il progetto MICROORC, finanziato dall’UE, intende affrontare le cause principali dello spreco alimentare. In particolare, il progetto svilupperà strumenti e linee guida per migliorare il controllo del processo, la previsione accurata della durata di conservazione e l’etichettatura dinamica della data. Il consorzio multinazionale, composto da aziende e istituti di ricerca all’avanguardia, valuterà l’accettazione da parte dei consumatori, la sostenibilità ambientale e le sfide normative, guidando il passaggio verso un futuro alimentare più sostenibile e sano.

Obiettivo

The MICROORC project aims to provide business innovations for monitoring and orchestrating the microbiome and by that reduce the amount of avoidable food waste – by developing tools, technologies, services, and guidelines for i) improved food process control, accurate shelf life prediction and dynamic date labelling, and ii) extension of shelf life by bioprotection and packaging technologies that control the growth of spoilage or pathogenic organisms. Five areas are selected for the potential for predicting and extending shelf life, reduction in food waste and fostering a sustainable food system:

• Predictive analytics models incorporating microbiome information to predict shelf life
• Time-temperature indicators (TTIs), sensoring and smart label solutions for dynamic shelf life labelling
• Rapid detection assays for microbial indicators of food spoilage
• Microbiome based protection technologies to replace synthetic chemicals and increase shelf life and safety
• Novel packaging solutions targeting spoilage for sustainable development and increased shelf life

MICROORC will support the transition to more sustainable and healthy food systems by considering raw chicken and salmon as well as plant-based meat analogues. To guide and demonstrate the industrial, social and economic relevance of the MICROORC innovations, the project will evaluate consumer acceptance and the environmental sustainability aspects of all stages of the product life cycle, identify and help resolve legislative and regulatory challenges to implementation of new technologies, and propose a novel policy framework for microbiome control in the food system. A multinational, multi-actor and trans-disciplinary consortium including cutting-edge companies and experienced research institutions has been established to develop and pilot tools, technologies and guidelines that utilize and control microbiomes for fighting food waste to ensure transition to more sustainable food production and consumption.

Meccanismo di finanziamento

HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

Coordinatore

NOFIMA AS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 904 461,00
Indirizzo
MUNINBAKKEN 9-13
9291 Tromso
Norvegia

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Regione
Norge Nord-Norge Troms og Finnmark
Tipo di attività
Research Organisations
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 904 461,25

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