Soon, a EU directive will be effective, determining that each employer has to evaluate the exposure of its workers. This project focuses on the reduction of the absorption of electromagnetic radiation in workers on a way that the competitivity of the companies are nog in danger.
This integrated project, funded by teh Eu Sixth Framework Programme, acronym ProSafeBeef, runs for 5 years, starting 1 march 2007. It aims at reducing contamination in beef and improving the quality, choice and diversity in the beef chain in order to boost consumer trust. UGent involvement relates to consumer issues towards beef safety and quality, and studies on ruminal lipid metabolism.
In Europe, each year foodborne hazards, including bacteria, parasites, toxins (chemical hazards) and allergens, already cause some 23 million cases of illnesses and 5000 deaths1 ; the European citizen is not fully confident or trusting when it comes to food supply systems. These systemic weaknesses triggered by isolated events such as a zoonotic agent or a carcinogenic mycotoxin will be heavily compounded in the years to come by climate ...
Veg-i-Trade addresses challenges and problems related to food safety within the global supply chain of fresh produce. Veg-i-Trade (multidisciplinary project, 23 partners, UGent is coordinator) assesses the risks, risk factors and the impact of control measures of chemical and microbiological food safety hazards. A broad range of tools is being applied such as risk assessment models, sampling and analysis plans, field studies (pre- and ...
FOODSAFETY4EU is a Project focused to design, develop and release a multi-stakeholder platform for the future European Food Safety System (FSS), by structuring a participatory process, which sustains a responsive and adaptive community of FSS actors. The platform will enable the FSS actors to access efficiently resources and data, synchronize food safety research strategies, share and exchange scientific knowledge and contributions for the ...