FARNHub
Food Authenticity Research Network Hub

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Short name : FoodIntegrity
Full name : Ensuring the integrity of the European food chain
Coordinator : Brereton P (FERA)
Funding bodies European Union
Type : Collaborative project (FP7)
start and end: 2014 - 2018
Link : https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/foodintegrity/index.cfm
Country : Europe
Commodity : All Food
Summary : The aim of FoodIntegrity is to provide Europe with a state of the art and integrated capability for detecting fraud and assuring the integrity of the food chain. FoodIntegrity will provide a sustainable body of expertise that can inform high level stakeholder platforms on food fraud / authenticity issues and priorities. The strategic objectives from the FOODINTEGRITY project are: 1. Provide Europe with state of the art and integrated capability for detecting fraud and assuring the integrity of the food chain; 2. Provide a sustainable body of expertise that can inform high level stakeholder platforms on food fraud / authenticity issues and priorities; 3. Act as a bridge that will link previous research activities, assess capability gaps, commission research and inform Horizon 2020 research needs. The main deliverables are the knowledge base; the prioritization and identification of gaps in the harmonization, validation and standardization of analytical methodologies; the horizon scanning; the olive oil, spirit and seafood authentication data; the network of stakeholders and experts.