Use research results from PathogenCombat to achieve standards
Information on how to achieve European and/or private standards
Food safety conditions and awareness varies significantly within European countries and between EU and other INCO and SICA countries. PathogenCombat provides information on new and emerging pathogens concerning their establishment and virulence and methods of control, thus on meeting European or national standards. The projects research findings are within the area of:
- Protective and probiotic cultures
Our partners are researching about protective and probiotic microorganisms. We have listed work with the so called probiotics and protective cultures >>here
There are several methods how to measure the quality and quantity of pathogens in food. It is important to know which pathogens are in the food and how many because even a small amount of pathogens can cause a food-borne illness. Here are the methods named which our partners use for detection and determination of pathogens.
- Hygiene and new processing techniques
This area deals with researching and developing new techniques while improving the common techniques to ensure the quality and cleanliness of foods. See their work listed >>here
This describes the handling, preparation and storage of food. Our partners are currently improving the existing systems and researching new systems to improve the quality of foods, see >>here
Some of our partners are working on so called case studies, these are research projects based on a theoretical proposition due to multiple sources of evidence. You can find a list of what our partners focus on >>here
Many of the above mentioned research results can also be found in publications of PathogenCombat partners >>here
Dominik Koenig, - last update:10 February 2009