Key issues in European food science research: a review of the European Food Science Day 2009

Daniel Spichtinger; Ingemar Pongratz; Jill Jonsson; Susanne Braun; Christian Colmer; Roland Poms; Rhonda Smith; Margaret Ashwell; Barbara Demeneix; Staffan Skerfving; Wim H.M. van der Poel; Petra van der Laag; Matthias Kuck; Chris Warkup

doi:10.1111/j.1757-837X.2010.00068.x

Daniel Spichtinger

RTD Services, Lazarettgasse 3/4, Vienna, Austria

Ingemar Pongratz

Department for Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Jill Jonsson

Department for Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Susanne Braun

Institute of Economics and Law, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Christian Colmer

ttz Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany

Roland Poms

ICC Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, Vienna, Austria

Rhonda Smith

Minerva PRC Ltd., Hants, UK

Margaret Ashwell

Ashwell Associates (Europe) Limited, Ashwell, UK

Barbara Demeneix

Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, France

Staffan Skerfving

Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Wim H.M. van der Poel

Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Petra van der Laag

Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Matthias Kuck

ttz Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany

Chris Warkup

Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network, Roslin, UK

Keywords

food safety, socio-economy, health, risk management, policy making

Abstract

This paper is a report on the European Food Science Day (Brussels, 18 November 2009, organized by the CommNet network of food science communicators) and its outcomes. The article presents FP 7 as a key funding mechanism in European food and nutrition research and it puts research in this sector in a socio-economic context. The article then reviews the specific activities of several EU-funded projects in the field of risk, safety, and health, discussing key issues and research questions in these fields.

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Published

Sep 30, 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-837X.2010.00068.x

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Review Article