About MoniQA (Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the Food Supply Chain)

We can buy food from all around the world but is it safe to eat? To protect our health and ensure food is safe and of high quality, we need reliable tools and methods to assess the foods we eat. Funded by the European Union, MoniQA brings together 33 organisations from around the world that are working together to help food manufacturers, retail outlets and regulatory bodies to cope with the challenges posed by a globalised food economy. In particular, MoniQA is establishing common methods and standards in food analysis.

MoniQA in a nutshell:

  • Scientists from around the globe
  • Harmonising global food quality and safety monitoring
  • Adding value to the food chain to ensure consumer confidence
  • Ensuring effective and efficient food quality and safety regulations within the EU and worldwide

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13th Joint Fera/JIFSAN Annual Symposium (Sand Hutton, York, UK)

Event type: 
Related Event
Date Begin: 
2012-06-13
Date End: 
2012-06-15

The 13th Fera/JIFSAN Symposium will bring together industrial stakeholders, academic and government scientists to explore the potential impact of 'omics' technologies in the food sector. Genomic and post-genomic technologies, such as metabolomics and proteomics, have been at the forefront of biotechnology in the health, pharmaceutical and crop science sectors. However, the potential for the use of these technologies in the food sector is still largely unrealised. See: http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/events/jifsan2012/index.cfm

MoniQA web seminar "Allergen Management in the Food Industry"

Event type: 
MoniQA Food Scientist Training (MFST)
Date Begin: 
2012-01-19

Time: 10:30 CET (duration 1,5 h)
Language: English
Organiser: FIS - Europe
Teacher: Dr. Sylvia Pfaff

MoniQA Newsletter puts new Association in the spotlight

We have just published the latest MoniQA newsletter which focuses on the MoniQA Association, the successor entity to the EU funded Network of Excellence.  You can read the newsletter online at

http://www.moniqa.eu/newsletters/4.2/newsletter.html

or download the pdf at

http://www.moniqa.eu/newsletters/4.2/MoniQA-Newsletter-Issue4-2.pdf

 

More information:

MoniQA publishes new Mycotoxins Factsheet

Mycotoxins are small (low-molecular weight) secondary metabolites (products of metabolism not essential for survival), produced by some filamentous fungi and often found in food. Chemically-diverse, they can cause disease and death to man and livestock. Adverse effects include tissue damage, immuno-suppression and neurological disorders following short- (acute) or long-term (chronic) exposure. In many countries, mycotoxin contamination is addressed by legislation.

Ring trial for rapid pH testing of rice completed

The China Grain Products R&D Institute Taipei (CGPRDI), Taiwan, an Associated Partner in MoniQA, organised a ring trial for rapid pH testing of rice (Dye colour-chart method for pH determination of rice grains) in collaboration with 14 laboratories in Taiwan, Spain and Italy.

MoniQA International Conference highlights impact of food safety on consumers and hosts official launch of new MoniQA Association for global food safety

(Vienna, October 12, 2011) The 3rd MoniQA International Conference (September 27-29, Varna, Bulgaria) brought together more than 150 participants from around the globe to discuss food safety issues and their impact on the consumer. The event also hosted the official launch event of the MoniQA association, a non-profit-distributing organisation dedicated to collaborative research promoting a more secure and safer food supply.

New MoniQA Summary for 2010-2011 available

MoniQA Executive Summaries are abstracts of the work conducted within this EU funded project. Each year the project publishes an updated executive summary with key research results.

The latest summary covering the period 2010-2011 is now available at http://www.moniqa.eu/execs

MoniQA informs about EHEC

Vienna 27/06/2011 – update 15/07/2011

The MoniQA Emerging Issues Working Group provides information and advice about current and potential future food safety crisis situations. This document provides an overview of EHEC as well as information about the current outbreak in Germany and reactions on the European level. A link collection is included for further reference.

What is EHEC?

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Joint ICC/MoniQA Journal obtains impact factor

Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (QAS), the official Journal of ICC and MoniQA, has been selected for coverage in Thomson Reuters products and services. The journal will be indexed and abstracted in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), the Journal Citation Reports (Science Edition) and Current Contents ® and will receive an impact factor in the course of this process. Coverage will start with volume 1 (2009)

 

Key MoniQA Outputs and Work in Progress

This page presents key results of the work undertaken within MoniQA and the MoniQA Working Groups. All in all 40 project outputs are listed – as the results become available you can access more detailed information by clicking on the links for the respective output below.

Food Safety and Regulatory

1) Harmonisation challenges within the EU and between EU and trading countries

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