Objective
EU-China-Safe will mobilise resources in Europe and China to develop a cohesive partnership that will deliver a shared vision for food safety and authenticity and work towards “mutual recognition”. Comprising 15 participants from the EU and 18 from China, EU-China-Safe contains key research organisations, Government and industry needed to develop and jointly implement major advances in improving food safety and combating food fraud in the two trading blocks.
EU-China-Safe will build the core components needed for a joint EU-China food safety control system comprising: control management, food legislation, food inspection, food control laboratories, and food safety and quality information, education and communication. The project will develop an EU-China Joint Laboratory Network that will achieve and demonstrate equivalency of results, and will develop a state of the art virtual laboratory, with interchangeable staff from two continents, that will be used as a “showcase” to communicate and demonstrate best practice. Innovative traceability tools will strengthen the most vulnerable supply chains. New or improved detection capabilities for chemical/microbiological hazards and food fraud will be implemented in a harmonised way across the EU-China network. Trade barriers caused by food safety and fraud issues will be analysed and recommendations of how to predict and prevent future events disseminated. The project will focus on the most commonly reported foods linked to chemical and microbiological contamination and fraud (infant formula, processed meat, fruits, vegetables, wine, honey, spices). Substantial knowledge transfer and training actions will build high-level and long-term collaboration, synergies and trust between a wide range of EU and China actors.
These advances, in addition to a wider range of confidence building measures towards food safety, authenticity and transparency, will address consumer expectations and facilitate an expansion of EU- China trade.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growing
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsantivirals
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.1.3. - Empowerment of rural areas, support to policies and rural innovation
- H2020-EU.3.2.2.1. - Informed consumer choices
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
BT7 1NN Belfast
United Kingdom
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Participants (32)
166 28 Praha
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10589 Berlin
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R93 Carlow
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4 Dublin
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6708 PB Wageningen
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1049 Brussels
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48395 Sukarrieta
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9291 Tromso
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BT1 6JH Belfast
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1070 Wien
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75008 Paris 08
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EC2V 7NQ London
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HU7 0YW Hull
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1800 Vevey
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100021 Beijing
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100025 Beijing
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100013 Beijing
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210001 Nanjing
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200135 Shanghai
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100068 Beijing
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100027 Beijing
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100193 Beijing
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300222 Tianjin
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310021 Hangzhou
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314006 Jiaxing Zhejiang
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315000 Ningbo
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200131 Shanghai
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201204 Shanghai
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100095 Beijing
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010110 Hohhot
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211806 Nanjing
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N/A Hong Kong
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