Memo: Food quality and safety: EU awards EUR 192m to new research projects and networks

The European Commission announced on 17 June 2004 it would award €192 million for food quality and safety research in the second year of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for Research (FP6, 2002-2006). These funds will go to 31 research projects and networks of excellence and 13 smaller support actions, which will tackle a range of consumer-driven issues with an impact on the 'fork-to-farm' approach. The short-listed projects will tackle issues such as traceability, contaminants in food, emerging pathogens, diseases affecting animals and crops, food allergy, obesity and various aspects of nutrition. The consortia behind these projects will now negotiate funding contracts for the next 3 to 5 years with the Commission.

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/research/press/2004/pr1706-2en.cfm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/research/press/2004/pr1706-2en.cfm

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