Risk Assessment of Microbial Problems and Preventive Actions in Food Industry

摘要

Food Safety and Hygiene Networking within New EU Member States and Associated Candidate Countries (SAFOODNET FP6-022808) is a specific support action EU-project building-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 focuses 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 are 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 and 3) bridge networks within the new EU, fostering scientific co-operation and knowledge transfer in food safety.