Objectif
VEG-i-TRADE provides platforms to identify impacts of anticipated climate change and globalisation on food safety, microbiological and chemical hazards, of fresh produce and derived food products. Control measures of managerial and technological nature will be developed in the supply chain of crop production, post-harvest processing and logistics to minimize food safety risks. The assessment of the performance of horticultural safety management systems by a novel diagnostic instrument at EU level exemplified by several countries in Europe and tailored on a global level including major EU trade partners from various climate zones will lead to recommendations on European and global level on quality assurance and the setting of science-based performance objectives. VEG-i-TRADE will pro-actively invest in problem solving technologies for safe produce investigating aspects of water quality and water treatment, horticultural production practices, disinfection treatment and packaging technologies. These control measures will be exploited in collaboration with SMEs and industrial partners. Baseline studies on the hazards, intervention technologies and best practices in the fresh produce chain will provide input for both microbial and chemical risk assessment to elaborate support to risk-based sampling plans, evaluate the risks of newly identified threats as affected by the global trade system and anticipated climate change. The project output will craft a discussion forum for stakeholders in the global food chain reflecting on issues of acceptable risk, sustainability of fresh produce production and long term strategy of international food trade, while making no compromise in food safety for European consumers and in respectation of food sovereignty. Risk communication to increase awareness of trade partners’ production systems and the uneven consumer behaviour will provide key conditions for prioritisation of risk management strategies.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic zones
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrology
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social sciencessociologyglobalization
Appel à propositions
FP7-KBBE-2009-3
Voir d’autres projets de cet appel
Régime de financement
CP-IP-SICA - Large-scale integrating project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA)Coordinateur
9000 Gent
Belgique
Voir sur la carte
Participants (24)
Participation terminée
0033 OSLO
Voir sur la carte
1433 AS
Voir sur la carte
28006 Madrid
Voir sur la carte
6708 PB Wageningen
Voir sur la carte
1433 As
Voir sur la carte
Participation terminée
8500 KORTRIJK
Voir sur la carte
0579 Oslo
Voir sur la carte
90046900 Porto Alegre
Voir sur la carte
8800 RUMBEKE-BEITEM
Voir sur la carte
0001 Pretoria
Voir sur la carte
0002 Pretoria
Voir sur la carte
AIN EL SOKHNA SUEZ
Voir sur la carte
9520 SINT LIEVENS HOUTEM
Voir sur la carte
2321 HOOGSTRATEN MEER
Voir sur la carte
1602 Vlezenbeek
Voir sur la carte
0509 Oslo
Voir sur la carte
04640 PULPI
Voir sur la carte
1025 Saint Sulpice
Voir sur la carte
641003 Coimbatore
Voir sur la carte
31320 Milagro
Voir sur la carte
30169 SAN GINES
Voir sur la carte
11080 Belgrade
Voir sur la carte
Participation terminée
9300 AALST
Voir sur la carte
Participation terminée
8800 Roeselare
Voir sur la carte