PROPOSAL:	QLK1-2000-41054	ACRONYM	not known
AREA:	FP5 - QoL, 5/ 1:Food, Nutrition and Health - unknown sub-field	Call number / date:	-
PROJECT TYPE:	Exploratory Award	EU CONTRIBUTION:	22,500
STARTING DATE:	2000-07-06	DURATION:	12 months

Coordinator: Dr. E. Gomes, EGI - Sociedade de Engenharia, e Gestao da Qualidade Industrial, Lda, Praceta Madre Deus, 52, PO -4405-195, Canelas, Portugal, Email: ?

Project Description:
In order to take into consideration the consumer's growing concern in the area of food safety, the objective of this project is therefore to develop a fast test kit with the aid of which certain pesticides already present in the production process can be identified. This is very important due to the increasing use of pre-mixed blends and the sometimes poor declaration of the contents on the packaging of raw materials in the food-processing industry. This test kit can be used by the food industry as a powerful tool for its own quality control efforts as well as by the food manufacturer or seller who would be able to test the toxic potential of food quickly and reliably. Better control of pesticides will allow producers greater competitiveness and profitability. The objective of the project is to develop a simple, reliable and automated test kit for the detection of residual pesticides in foodstuffs on the basis of a cost-efficient immuno-sensor. This will provide the SME food-processing industry, which itself often has no information about the pesticide contamination of the cereals and fruits it has bought in from third parties, with an efficient quality control instrument. Tri-fluoralin is foreseen as the first target.

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Consortium:
Co-ordinator: Contact Person: Name: Gomes, Emidio Organisation: EGI - Sociedade de Engenharia e Gestao da Qualidade Industrial, Lda Address: Praceta Madre Deus, 52 Postcode: 4405-195 City: Canelas - V. N. Gaia Country: PORTUGAL Participants Contact Person: SZENDRO, Istvan Organisation Name: MicroVacuum Ltd Address: 10 Kerekgyarto u. 10 City: Budapest Region: Region not yet available (HUNGARY) Org. Country: HUNGARY Postcode: 1147

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