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

Author

  • 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 Kueck
  • Chris Warkup

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

114-119

Publication/Series

Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods

Volume

2

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Keywords

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

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1757-8361