Organic food quality control and metabolomic fingerprinting

Project Information

ORGANIC QUAL TRACERS

Grant agreement ID: 707816

DOI 10.3030/707816

Project closed

EC signature date 1 March 2016

Start date 3 June 2016

End date 2 June 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 170 121,60

EU contribution € 170 121,60

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA
Spain

Objective

In the last decade, the production and consumption of organic food has increased dramatically worldwide. The EU organic food market generates a turnover of more than 22 billion € with a total of approximately 11 million ha and 250,000 farms (2013). However, based on the literature reviewed, neither internal supply nor the legislative framework has kept up with this market expansion, been necessary a further harmonisation of methodology in data collection. On the other hand, the lack of reliable markers for the discrimination between organic and conventional products makes this market susceptible to attempted fraud. The Commission Regulation in a recent report (No 889/2008) highlights the need for greater cooperation between industry, Government, enforcement agencies, consumer groups and organisations.

In this context, the project proposes to confirm the utility of the new state-of-the-art techniques in mass spectrometry analysis (IRMS and HRMS), in combination with MSA, to improve information (qualitative/quantitative) in both food control safety and quality and their application to organic products. It will offer analytical approaches to (i) obtain wide-ranging information about contaminants, (ii) determine natural components and (iii) establish (dis)similarities between products. The “ORGANIC QUAL TRACERS” project comes in response to the key requirement for solving the authentication challenges in the organic-food sector, especially in organic vegetables as they are the pioneering products in Europe. The proposal offers a contribution to the objectives set out in the Horizon 2020 Strategy (“A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”).

Fields of science

Not validated

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › sustainable agriculture
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › fruit growing
• social sciences › sociology › social issues › social inequalities
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › vegetable growing
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › analytical chemistry › mass spectrometry

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA

• Net EU contribution: € 170 121,60
• Address: CARRETERA SACRAMENTO CANADA ; 04120 Almeria ; Spain
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Almería
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: € 170 121,60