Die Lebensmittelversuchsanstalt ist renommierter Partner in der internationalen angewandten Forschungslandschaft. Gemeinsam mit universitären und außeruniversitären Partnern treiben wir die Umsetzung von Forschungsergebnissen in für die Lebensmittelwirtschaft verwertbare Technologie-, Verfahrens- und Verpackungslösungen voran.
Hier ist ein Überblick über die aktuellen Projekte mit Beteiligung der Lebensmittelversuchsanstalt:
NU-AGE is a large multidisciplinary consortium (30 partners, from 16 EU countries) involving nutritionists, biogerontologists, immunologists and molecular biologists from the most prestigious institutions in Europe, 4 large food industries, 8 traditional food companies and 1 biotech SME, SPES GEIE and CIAA, covering the SME Food Industrial Associations of 13 European countries and the European Confederation the food and drink industry. NU-AGE aims are:
1. to counteract the physical/cognitive decline occurring in the elderly as a consequence of the progressive alteration of different organs/systems (immune and cardiovascular systems, bone, brain, muscle and intestine) by one year elderly-tailored whole diet intervention on 1250 healthy elderly men and women aged 65-79 years (half diet, half control) from 5 different EU regions;
2. to assess the effect of the newly designed food pyramid specific for 65+ EU citizens on the different organs/systems using a large set of biomarkers related to nutrition and ageing, with particular attention to the low grade, chronic, systemic inflammatory status named inflammageing, a major risk factor for common age-related diseases;
3. to perform in a subgroup of 120 subjects in depth studies and high throughput “omics” to identify cellular/molecular targets/mechanisms responsible for whole diet effect;
4. to perform genetic and epigenetic studies to assess the role of individual variability on the response to diet;
5. to adopt an integrative comprehensive approach (systems biology) to analyze the whole set of data.
The results of dietary intervention will be used to develop elderly-tailored prototypes of functional foods and to improve traditional foods. The research activity will be accompanied and followed by a strong activity of dissemination and industrial exploitation to support EU strategies on nutritional recommendations, thus contributing to the implementation of legislation related to nutritional and health claims for elderly in Europe.
The research leading to the project results has received funding from the European Community´s SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 266486.
The EU malting barley industry supplies almost 50% of global malting barley requirements. The sustainability of thousands of EU SME farmers depend on the competitiveness of this industry, as is the quality of our brewing and distilling industries. Malting barley demands a premium at the farm gate but, in return, must exceed a range of malting quality (MQ) parameters laid down by the processing industries. Determination of barley MQ is a critical issue, as the accuracy of its assessment determines if the barley is suitable to be taken into the plant, influencing its price and subsequent quality of the end product. MQ is a complex character. To date its grading is largely dependent on a combination of visual appraisals of the barley and other assessments, including wet chemistry techniques, to segregate malting barley into grades of different end use value. Current assessment practices are plagued with limitations: time and labour intensive, prone to operator interpretation, etc.
This project will provide the Malting Barley chain with a novel MQ assessment tool to replace the expensive, laborious and non-objective standard analyses currently used by the sector. Novel inspection techniques will be researched (NIRS, Raman, 3D machine vision technique, Imaging fluorescence spectroscopy and FT-IR/PAS) to determine their potential for predicting MQ parameters. A prototype measuring instrument will be designed, developed and calibrated against existing reference methods. It will be validated for use along the malting barley chain and will provide analyses in individual and whole barley grains and in a large number of samples in order to assess the homogeneity of the incoming raw material, vital for good MQ determination, and will assist in analysing the malting process. The RTD results will raise the quality of the EU malting barley supply chain, safeguarding growth and employment in many rural economies across EU-27, and ensuring consistent quality in industries dependent on high quality malt.
The research leading to the project results has received funding from the European Community´s SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 232478.
RTD2Farm has a simple, yet effective strategy to increase the uptake of RTD Results by livestock farmers. RTD2Farm will be involving the three main players of the process; RTD providers (Research centers, Universities, Industry, etc.), Technology Transfer experts (Networking and Training Organisations) and Farmers (End Users).
RTD2Farm will analyse methods for knowledge and technology transfer, define Best Practice, and spread these. RTD2Farm has concentrated on pig farms, as they are the main animal for meat production in the EU. The process to optimise Knowledge and Technology Transfer should be transferable to other species, as the main Technologies are similar: Feed, Breeding and Farm management. Obviously there will be differences in the technologies, but the Knowledge and technology Transfer methods will be similar.
Three regions have been selected to represent the diversity of Livestock farms in the EU. Benelux has a similar “farm landscape” (farm size and production techniques) , covers a small area and has a high uptake of new knowledge and technologies (K&T). Austria has a very diverse farming landscape; with a very diverse uptake of K&T. Italy has more small farms where dissemination of K&T is especially challenging.
K&T transfer from Universities has the air of being slow. Of course T&K Transfer by Industry is much more efficient, as the research itself is more consumers oriented. For this reason we have included both university and industrial partners as RTD Providers in the RTD2Farm consortium.
The research leading to the project results has received funding from the European Community´s SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 265661.
In 2008 a WHO report on microbial safety in fresh produce prioritised leafy green vegetables as the highest priority in terms of fresh produce safety from a global perspective. It is critical that effective decontamination steps are in place to ensure consumer protection and confidence in fresh produce. There is thus a requirement to ensure microbiological safety during production of minimally processed fresh foods in order to reduce contaminants and control cross contamination events to maintain microbiological quality and safety. There is a clear need to provide fresh cut fruit and vegetables packers with an affordable, safe and effective method of offering microbiological safety assurance, while at the same time increasing shelf life and retention of nutritional quality.
This project aims to develop a novel continuous in-pack decontamination system for fresh produce, by building on the results of past research that has been carried out by the Dublin Institute of Technology, whereby plasma technology has been effectively used for the in-pack decontamination of food products at laboratory scale. Plasma is widely used for industrial materials processing, and has recently shown promise as a decontamination tool, by injuring and inactivating pathogenic bacteria on inert food contact surfaces. A prototype in-pack decontamination system will be designed and built during the project, and its effectiveness for decontaminating fresh bagged lettuce, fruits and vegetables will be validated in industry. The system allows for short half-life radicals, such as singlet oxygen, to be generated within a sealed bag leading to microorganism inactivation, after which the confined gas returns to its original composition. The impact of the results hold benefits for consumer safety and confidence, extended shelf-life and increased demand for fresh produce, which will in turn impact on the competitiveness of fresh food processors.
The research leading to the project results has received funding from the European Community´s SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 285820.
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