Objective This SSA will build-up a sustainable network in food safety. It aims at knowledge sharing to prevent risks related to microbial hazards, to find future RTD needs and apply for RTD funding in food processing and packaging safety. The action will focus towards Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Slovenia and Turkey in the pilot actions, seminars, and workshops on process hygiene and end product safety. Interested researchers and SME representatives from other new EU countries and ACCs will be encouraged to participate in the activities.The objectives of SAFOODNET are to:1) disseminate knowledge from national and international food safety projects in open seminars, workshops, practical exercises, RTD activities and pilot actions resulting in new research projects for food industry especially SMEs;2)establish an expert group (EG)in which authorities, scientists, industrial representatives build-up or strengthen existing networks and identify specific needs for future RTD activities in food safety and3) bridge networks within the new EU, fostering scientific co-operation and knowledge transfer in food safety.The expected achievements of SAFOODNET are: 3 open seminars in microbial contamination routes, risk assessment and management to disseminate safety issues to a targeted audience of industrial, research and authority people; 2 workshops incl. practical exercises in microbial risk assessment and management to disseminate methodologies and methods; establishment and maintenance of the project network using a project web-site, which partly is public; establishment of an EG to suggest and evaluate pilot actions for future needs in RTD activities; performance of pilot actions in food safety suggested by the EG in food industry especially in SMEs as a base for future RTD activities and building-up a new channel for scientific co-operation within the new EU aiming at preparation of research proposals in coming EU calls based on the EG report. Fields of science agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairyengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safetysocial sciencessociologygovernancecrisis managementnatural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrymass spectrometrysocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems Keywords Food contamination Food packaging Food safety Knowledge transfer Microbiology Process hygiene Quality Risk assessment Risk management Programme(s) FP6-FOOD - Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) FOOD-5 - Safer and environmentally friendly production and healthier foodstuffs FOOD-9 - Specific Support Actions Call for proposal FP6-2004-FOOD-3-B See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND EU contribution No data Address Vuorimiehentie 3 ESPOO Finland See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Estonia EU contribution No data Address Ehitajate tee 5 TALLINN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Czechia EU contribution No data Address Hudcova 70 BRNO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, BIOCENTRUM-DTU Denmark EU contribution No data Address Anker Engelundsvej 1, Building 101A KGS. LYNGBY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OD SLOVENIA Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Dimiceva 13 LJUBLJANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TÜBYTAK MARMARA RESEARCH CENTER Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Marmara Research Center GEBZE, KOCAELI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data