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Project Details
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<-Back | Improved bio-traceability of unintended microorganisms and substances in food and feed chains (2007-2010) | | BIOTRACER
Producers of food and animal feed will soon be legally responsible for the safety of their products but as yet there is no accepted standard to trace or track a bio-contaminant. As well as inadvertent production threats the bioterrorism threat, deliberate contamination of foods, is also possible.
BIOTRACER is a concerted multi-disciplinary approach to tracing the source of food and feed contamination. The team will use the latest molecular methods to understand the physiology of microorganisms and predict their behaviour. The project will focus on the Salmonella in meat and animal feed, Campylobacter in chicken, Listeria in dairy foods and Bacillus anthraxis and Norovirus as agents of bio-terrorism. The 47 participants in the project includes experts in microbiology, molecular biology, software and database development, predictive microbiology, risk assessment, legislation and standards, as well as food retailers.
Researchers at Moorepark Food Research Centre are working on tracing the source and determining the persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in Farmhouse cheese and cheesemaking facilities and predicting its behaviour in cheese. Glantreo Ltd. will determine the levels of Aflatoxin in animal feed. In addition, Dr. Kieran Jordan, MFRC, has responsibility for training, dissemination, integration and communication activities.
Project website: www.biotracer.org
| | | Co-ordinating Researcher:
Dr Kieran Jordan | | |
| Start Date: 01/01/2007 |
| End Date: 31/12/2010 |
| | | Funding Agencies: EU Funded | | | |
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