The Challenge
Emerging hazards in the food supply chain pose significant risks to public health and safety. Traditional methods of managing these hazards are often inadequate due to the rapid evolution of contaminants and the complexity of food systems. This challenge necessitates innovative and robust solutions that can keep pace with the changing landscape of food safety risks.
FoodSafeR Project
The Horizon Europe project, FoodSafeR, coordinated by FFoQSI, brings together 19 leading European academic, research, and industry organizations. This collaborative initiative is set to revolutionize the way emerging food safety hazards are assessed and managed. By developing state-of-the-art tools and frameworks, FoodSafeR presents a unique opportunity to enhance food safety standards across Europe and beyond, ensuring a healthier and safer food supply chain.
The Solution
FoodSafeR is addressing these challenges by creating a comprehensive suite of future-oriented tools, methods, strategies, models, guidance, and training materials. Leveraging cutting-edge science, these resources will be accessible through the FoodSafeR Open Digital Hub, an all-in-one platform that fosters a community of professionals from the European and international food safety systems. This hub will provide the necessary tools and knowledge to effectively combat emerging food safety hazards and ensure a safer food supply for all.
PURPOSE
FoodSafeR aims to transform food safety in Europe and internationally by hosting a community of professionals who can work together in proactively identifying and managing emerging risks, ensuring a safer and healthier food supply for everyone.
MISSION
Provide a secure digital platform that centralises access to trustworthy information, available data, and innovative tools, methods, and training resources to empower a specialised community of food safety professionals to effectively address emerging risks.
VISION
To become a global reference in managing emerging food safety risks, promoting a culture of food safety based on innovation, collaboration, and scientific knowledge.
FOODSAFER APPROACH
A new generation of future-oriented tools for the assessment of emerging
food safety hazards for the proactive management of the associated risks:
The European Commission funded FoodSafeR project was launched in October 2022 and over the next 4 years is focussing on the advancement of innovations to combat emerging microbial and chemical food safety hazards and associated risks of contaminants based on cutting edge science.
For Food Safety emerging hazard Identification, Assessment and Management, all of which will be widely accessible via the FoodSafeR Open Digital Hub as a key delivery platform for the project outputs.
The project is developing a one stop shop suite of future-oriented resources:
COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS
ACCESS
TO DATA
SIGNAL
TRENDS
PROACTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR RISK MANAGEMENT
COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES
GUIDANCE & TRAINING
FOODSAFER PARTNERS
FOODSAFER CONSORTIUM
The FoodSafeR consortium of 19 leading academic, research and industry organisations from across Europe, is led by FFoQSI.
FFoQSI is the Austrian Competence Centre for Food and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation. It is a multidisciplinary joint research hub that encompasses scientific, national and international business partners food safety authorities and stakeholders, technology SMEs and startups from the food system.
The FoodSafeR Advisory Board of 25 leading stakeholders from the food safety field gives us a global reach.
FOODSAFER INNOVATIONS
Connect with
Stakeholders
Become part of a dedicated professional platform & connect with food system actors from across the globe.
> Risk assessors and managers
> Government/Food competent authorities
> Food business operators (FBOs)
> Small scale FBOs, start-ups and
social actors in the Food System
> Consumer organisations
Access Technology
& Tools
Access a ‘one-stop-shop’ of data, tools, experts, information and alerts:
> Holistic and Proactive Risk-Benefit and Cost-Benefit Assessment Framework
> Novel Concepts for Prevention of Persistence in Food Processing Environments
> Determination & Prediction Tools and Devices Identifying Chemical & Microbial Hazards
> Toolkit for Proactive and Sustainable Risk Management Systems
> Food Safety Risk Management Strategies for Food-Related SMEs & Farmers
> Training & Education Material for Risk Assessors, Risk Managers, Consumers & Citizens
Collaborate and share information and knowledge
> Create Workspaces and invite colleagues and experts to collaborate in safe spaces to, for example, effectively analyse identified early and weak signals, and to define strategies for their management.
> Post and share content with a trusted community of experts
> Access reliable news feeds in the one place.
> Search and engage with experts from across the international food safety system
QUICKFACTS
COCREATION
LIVING LABS
OPEN DIGITAL HUB
ONE-STOP-SHOP
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS:
- Driven by professionals
- Evidence – based
- Moderated by the scientific community
MEMBERS FROM EU &
INTERNATIONAL FOOD SYSTEM
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