Objective Saffron is the most precious and most expensive spice in the world. The greatest saffron producers are Greece, Spain, Turkey, Iran, India, and Morocco. The largest saffron importers are Germany, Italy, U.S.A. Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. and France. In the last years the fraudulent practices have proliferated in part due to the high price and to the lack of the technological methodologies available to detect them. In fact, the ISO/TS 3632 (2003) the norm that regulates the purity and quality of saffron does not take in account of reliable analytical techniques to detect basic colorants and natural pigments to combat the fraud and to establish objective criteria of quality and food safety. One of the most common fraudulent practices is the use of synthetic colorants and natural pigments. Those products are used in small amounts to dye saffron threads or other plants.Therefore, the Scientific and Technological problem to overcome is the development of cost effective, easy-to-use and reliable methodologies for:1) the identification of fraudulent agents in saffron: synthetic colorants and natural pigments;2) the standardisation of the quality and food safety criteria of saffron.The IAGs and SMEs aim to develop new methodologies to modify the current ISO norm int roducing standards and reliable procedures to fight against the fraud. For this purpose, seven European saffron IAGs and nine SMEs are directly involved in the project. IAGs and SMEs are supported by four RTD performer experts in saffron and 8 independent certified laboratories for the validation of the methodologies. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety Keywords ISO NORM SAFFRON iso norm saffron Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-2 - Collective Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COLL See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Collective - SMEs-Collective research projects Coordinator ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE ENVASADORES DE ESPECIAS Y CONDIMENTOS EU contribution No data Address Mallorca 286, entresuelo 2 08037 - Barcelona BARCELONA Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (19) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ANAGKASTIKOS SYNETAIRISMOS KROKGON KOZANIS (COOPERATIVE DE SAFRAN) Greece EU contribution No data Address 1, Evripidou KROKOS KROKOS-KOZANI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AROMATIC AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address Bryggvgen 12 - 14, Grndal STOCKHOLM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE NORMALIZACION Y CERTIFICACION Spain EU contribution No data Address Genova, 6 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIATIA PRODUCATORILOR, PRELUCRATORILOR SI UTILIZATORILOR DE PLANTE MEDICINALE SI AROMATICE DIN ROMANIA Romania EU contribution No data Address I. MESOTA NR. 1 BRASOV See on map Total cost No data COMPANIA EXPORTADORA DE AZAFRAN ESPANOL, SA Spain EU contribution No data Address SAN ANTONIO, 23 ALBACETE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ELHNIKOS ORGANISMOS TYPOPOIHSHSAE (HELLENIC ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION) Greece EU contribution No data Address Acharnon 313 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data FRANCO CURELLI (OUT AMENDMENT) Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA CAGLIARI,18 SAN GAVINO See on map Total cost No data FRANCO SANNA Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA MATORANA, 5 S.GAVINO,SARDEGNA See on map Total cost No data FUNDACION GENERAL UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA Spain EU contribution No data Address IMAGEN 1 y 3 ALCALA DE HENARES See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACIÓN CONSEJO REGULADOR DE LA DENOMINACION DE ORIGEN AZAFRAN DE LA MANCHA Spain EU contribution No data Address PASEO DE CASTILLA LA MANCHA, 15 BAJO A CAMUÑAS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEAPOVIKO PANEPISTNIO ATENA (AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS) (A.U.A.) Greece EU contribution No data Address 75 Iera Odos ATHENS See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO TECNICO AGRONIMICO PROVINCIAL SA Spain EU contribution No data Address GREGORIO ARCOS S/N ALBACETE See on map Total cost No data JESUS NAVARRO, S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address ISAAC PERAL 46 NOVELDA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MARIA CARMINE ENNAS Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA TERMO? 32 SAN GAVINO See on map Total cost No data MARKOS BPAGKATZOUNHS KAIYIOI AEBE (M. BAKATZOUNIS SONS) Greece EU contribution No data Address Tesaloniki street VATERO-KOZANY See on map Total cost No data NUTRACEUTICAL SRL Romania EU contribution No data Address Bd. G. Moroianu 176 SACELE, BRASOV See on map Total cost No data SOCIETA SEMPLICE SU ZAFFERANU Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA SAURO S.GAVINO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA Spain EU contribution No data Address Plaza de la Universidad 2 ALBACETE See on map Total cost No data VERDU CANTO SAFFRON SPAIN, S.L. Spain EU contribution No data Address SARGENTO NAVARRO, 7 NOVELDA (ALICANTE) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data