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EC projects on Food Authenticity and Traceability

ALCUEFOOD (FP6-SSA)From European fork to Latin American farm
BIOTOX (FP6-Food, STREP)Development of cost-effective tools for risk-management and traceability systems for marine biotoxins in seafood.
BIOTRACER (FP6-Food, IP)Improved bio-traceability of unintended microorganisms and their substances in food and feed chains
CASCADE (FP6-Food, NoE)Chemicals as contaminants in the food chain
CHILL-ON (FP6-Food, IP)Developing and integrating novel technologies to improve safety, transparency and quality insurance of the chilled/frozen food supply chain
COEXTRA (FP6-Food, IP)GM and non-GM supply chains: their co-existence and traceability
DNA-TRACK (FP5-Life Quality, CSC)Traceability of DNA fragments throughout the food chain by DNA/PNA technologies: application to novel foods
ETHICALTRACEABILITY (FP6-SOCIETY, STREP)Ethical Traceability and Informed Choice in Food Ethical Issues
FOODTRACE (FP5- Life Quality, CA)Traceability of products throughout the food supply chain
GEOTRACEAGRI (FP5-IST, CSC)Geographical Traceability in Agriculture
GOODFOOD (FP6-IST,IP)Food safety and quality monitoring with microsystems
GTIS CAP (FP6-POLICIES, SSA)GeoTraceability Integrated System for Common Agricultural Policy
INFOOD NETWORK (FP6-FOOD, SSA)Sharing Information on food related environmental, safety and traceability aspects among European small-medium farms
MEDEO (FP5-GROWTH, CSC)Development and assessment of methods for the detection of adulteration of olive oil with hazelnut oil.
MESIP (FP5)Novel multi-element stable isotope probes for food authenticity testing
MOLSPEC-ID (FP5-Life Quality, CSC)Development of Quantitative and Qualitative Molecular Biological Methods to Identify Plant and Animal Species in Foods
MoniQa (FP6-Food, NoE)MONItoring and Quality Assurance in the food supply chain
OLIV-TRACK (FP5-Life Quality, CSC)Traceability of origin and authenticity of olive oil by combined genomic and metabolomic approaches
P2P (FP6-SME, SMEs)Traceability of the swine value chain : SMEs independence from famous trademarks
PETER (FP6-FOOD, SSA)Promoting European Traceability Excellence & Research
QPCRGMOFOOD (FP5- Life Quality, CSC)Reliable, standardised, specific, quantitative detection of genetically modified food
QUALITYLOWINPUTFOOD (FP6-Food ,IP)European organic food and farming SEAFOODPLUS (FP6-Food, IP ): a better life with seafood
SAMANTHA (FP6-CRAFT)SAfe & intelligent fishing products traceability MANagement THroughout the supply chAin
SEAFOODPLUS (FP6-Food, IP )A better life with seafood
SIGMA CHAIN (FP6-Food, STREP)Developing a Stakeholders' Guide on the vulnerability of food and feed chains to dangerous agents and substances
Siner-gi (FP6-Policies STREP)Strengthening International Research on Geographical Indications
SMART (FP6-IST2005)Intelligent Integration of Supply Chain Processes and Consumer Services based on Unique Product Identification in a Networked Business Environment
SUPPLIERS (FP5)Supply chains linking food SMES in Europe�s lagging rural regions
TRACE (FP6-Food, IP)Tracing the origin of food
TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK (FP6-JRC, JRC)Traceability of livestock
TRACEBACK (FP6-Food, IP)Integrated system for a reliable traceability of food supply chains
TRACEFISH (FP5)Traceability of fish products: consumer preference and objective assessment
TRUEFOOD (FP6-FOOD, IP)Improving quality and fostering innovation of European traditional food production systems
TYPIC (FP5- Life Quality, CSC)Typical food products in Europe


Other projects on Food Authenticity and Traceability

North countries

IFSATIntegrating food safety and traceability
InnovaRFIDStrategy for use of RFID technology
TELOP-TraceTechnology Development for Profitable Fishfarming


France

Proddig (ANR 2005)Promotion of Sustainable Development by Geographic Indicators


Horizontal issues

BEUCThe European consumers organisation
COMMNETFP6 Communicators network
ELSAEthical, legal and societal aspects
EPWSEuropean platform of women scientists
ETPEuropean Technology Platform "Food for Life"


Standards

AOACAssociation of analytical communities
CENEuropean committee for standardisation
CODEXFAO/WHO Food standards
EAN/GS1GS1 traceability standard
ELOTHellenic organisation for standardisation
ISOInternational standard organisation
TRACEFOODGuidelines and standards regarding traceability for food sectors
UN/CEFACTUnited Nations centre for trade facilitation and electronic business
W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium


Internet resources

EuroFIREuropean Food Information Resource network
ORIGINOrganisation for an International Geographical Indications Network
PDO, PGI and TSG productsDatabase on European labelled products