Project Updates | February 2024
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ALLIANCE
We are preparing to conduct guided interviews with the tool providers, as part of the work on uses case scenarios and innovation management, which also includes consideration of market needs for the tools and potential exploitation pathways. One of the challenges we are facing is getting a better understanding of the frequency and types of fraud associated with quality labels. If we are going to propose solutions, we also have to be able to show not only how these tools can reduce the potential for fraud but also the likely benefits in terms of brand reputation, quality and safety, regulatory compliance, transparency, consumer confidence, and cost.
WATSON
In response to progress across the project, we are becoming more involved in critical tasks. Specifically, our focus is on stakeholders’ expectations regarding authenticity and traceability within food systems. Like ALLIANCE, we are exploring development of use case scenarios and planning pilots. Attention has also shifted to dissemination and communication strategies to amplify impact of the results.
FishEUTrust
Consortium has been busy working on M18 reporting. During this Period, the project has mapped and analysed stakeholders, established the various living labs and drafted best practice and operational protocols, identified consumer expectation and key characteristics of consumer group(s), allowing these to be clustered in target countries, published SOPs for sampling, DNA extraction and processing of samples for NGS based metagenomics, validated nanostructured platforms for sensors and verified novel toolkit with sensors for detection pathogenic bacteria. The communication, dissemination and exploitation plan has been implemented with the launch of the project website and social media accounts as well as participation in a range of events. Finally, EuroFIR published the draft sex and gender plan (D9.3).
Data4Food2030
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SWEET
The final project meeting and a dedicated session for stakeholder was held in Brussels on 17-18th January 2024, just as Brussels enjoyed its heaviest snow fall since 2013. Each of the WPs reported on their activities, and summaries were shared with the wider stakeholder group. Like FNS-Cloud, SWEET was presented at the 14th European Nutrition Conference #FENS2023 in Belgrade, Serbia, on 14-17th November. The team participated in conference educational workshops, interactive sessions and poster presentations on nutrition science research, and how sweetener and sweetness enhancers can help address important dietary-related health challenges Europe is facing. For more information about SWEET and key results visit the website.
ZERO Hidden Hunger
Zero_HiddenHunger_EU, a new multi-partner European consortium led by University College Cork (IE), has received nearly €10 million in funding for groundbreaking research into tackling micronutrient deficiency over the next four years. The kick-off meeting was hosted by EuroFIR, EUFIC, and EPHA in Brussels on 1st-2nd February. Micronutrient (MN) deficiency, a widespread form of malnutrition, poses significant challenges to human health and development across Europe. Recognising the urgency of this public health issue, Zero_HiddenHunger_EU is set to revolutionize understanding and response to MN deficiencies. The project will employ cutting-edge techniques, including high-throughput biomarker analysis and advanced data modelling, to generate credible evidence that will empower policymakers and food system actors to implement targeted interventions and eradicate MN deficiencies from Europe.
EFSA ALLERGENS
EuroFIR has finished screening more ca. 10 500 manuscripts from the original 138K articles, based on population and outcome. This has meant determining whether papers describe both the allergic population and the food protein(s), and if the food protein causes an allergic reaction based on IgE binding.
We are now securing copies of these papers so our partner – University of Surrey (UK) – can extract information about the population, their exposure to the allergen, prevalence of sensitisation, and outcomes. Then, this knowledge can be compiled to identify clinical relevant allergens and their relative severity.
EFSA EUOpenFood
The consortium is working on quality assessment of European FCDBs and identifying a strategy for filling missing values, amendments to the SSD2 and, importantly, whether there might be a better approach for mapping food composition datasets, and factors related to food composition data at the EU level. These will be finalised before Easter, and are essential for the final Phase 1 deliverable, draft guidance for collection, storage, and maintenance of the EU FCDB, which should be completed in August 2024.
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