This summer, Shanghai is hosting the World Expo 2010. ttz Bremerhaven has been invited to Shanghai by the European Commission. During the Expo, a conference on food processing and safety will take place at which experts from industry and science will discuss current issues and trends.
“This invitation is a true reward for the outstanding research being con-ducted in Bremerhaven in the field of food technology”, states Werner Mlodzianowski, General Manager of ttz Bremerhaven. The conference on “Research for Healthy Life” aims to discuss topics related to the enhancement of food safety, with a focus primarily on research and development due to their potential to transform and influence daily life. Apart from ttz Bremerhaven's NANODETECT project, only four other EC research projects (out of a couple of hundred) have been invited by the European Commission to present their latest findings.
“Nowadays, food safety is becoming more and more important because consumers want to know if their dairy products have been manufactured and processed in accordance with the relevant regulations. The conference is therefore an excellent vehicle for strengthening awareness towards food safety concerns and a platform for an exchange of knowledge,” says Matthias Kück. The conference is being organized by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Consumers and will take place on 5 – 6 June 2010.
The objective of the NANODETECT project is to identify and prevent food contamination which may occur in the phase between production and consumption of foodstuffs. Under the leadership of ttz Bremerhaven, an international consortium is developing a nanosensor prototype targeted at tracking quality parameters along the food chain. The European dairy industry has been selected as an example, because milk is subject to different levels of potential contamination of various types.
Since the NANODETECT project was launched in 2008, biological detec-tion systems have been developed at laboratory scale and are now being integrated into an industrial prototype together with a microfluidic system which will track quality parameters along the food chain.
ttz Bremerhaven is an innovative provider of research services and oper-ates in the field of application-oriented research and development. Under the umbrella of ttz Bremerhaven, an international team of experts are working in the areas of food, environment, health, and consulting.
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