Food quality

What FiBL is doing on this theme
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- 02/08/2024 : Alkaloid analysis in lupins – fact sheet explains the process
- 12/15/2021 : Guidance for companies in case of suspicion of non-compliance with EU regulation
- 10/01/2021 : Evaluation criteria for the processing of organic food developed
- 05/17/2021 : Using stable isotopes to trace the regional origin of foodstuffs
- 02/24/2021 : ProOrg – Organic market and stakeholder survey
- 09/28/2020 : FiBL signs new Partnership Agreement with the regional brand "Taste of Ukrainian Carpathians"
- 03/24/2016 : First peer-reviewed scientific paper on the Sustainability Assessment Tool SMART published
- 02/16/2016 : Clear differences between organic and non-organic milk and meat
- 05/19/2015 : Organic food combines sustainability and quality
- 05/16/2012 : Updating the knowledge base on organic food quality and processing
- 11/02/2011 : Sixth Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting Lucerne
- 07/19/2011 : Side event on genetic resources and organic agriculture at the session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- 06/22/2011 : Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) – A problem not specific to sustainable agriculture
- 06/16/2011 : EU Project on food security begins in North Korea
- 06/13/2011 : EHEC – A problem not specific to organic farming
- 01/31/2011 : EU ecolabel for food and feed products - A feasibility study
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Encouraging the cultivation of minor legumes in Switzerland through the development of innovative plant-based foods (LEGU4FOOD)	01.11.2024	31.10.2027
ongoing	CH	Sweet Sorghum: a climate-smart beet sugar alternative for Switzerland	01.06.2024	31.12.2024
ongoing	DE	Development of a value chain for organically produced peas and beans from the field to commercial kitchens and restaurants (WKErBo)	01.07.2023	30.06.2026
ongoing	CH	Turning food waste into sustainable soil improvers for better soil health and improved food systems (Waste4Soil)	01.06.2023	31.05.2027
ongoing	CH	Swiss production of organic raspberries for processing	01.11.2022	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Developing Intercropping for agrifood Value chains and Ecosystem Services delivery in Europe and Southern countries (IntercropValuES)	01.11.2022	31.10.2026
completed	DE	Market and requirement analysis for organic and regional products in community catering in the organic model region of South Hesse (ÖMRS_Pot_Analyse_AHV)	01.08.2022	15.12.2022
ongoing	AT	Kultivierung alternativer Eiweißquellen in rauen Lagen Österreichs am Beispiel Mühlviertel	01.02.2022	31.01.2025
completed	DE	Recommendations for the design of legal requirements for cleaning and disinfectants in organic food processing and storage (RuDI)	01.08.2021	29.02.2024
completed	CH	Bio Körnerleguminosen für Ernährung Schweiz	01.04.2021	31.12.2023
ongoing	CH	Breeding white lupin for resistance & quality for innovative Swiss food from sustainable, regional production (LUPINNO SUISSE)	01.03.2021	28.02.2025
completed	DE	Spessart Wild	15.11.2020	15.08.2021
completed	CH DE	Dossier Nachhaltigkeit und Qualität Bio-Lebensmittel	01.06.2020	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Fact finding for the establishment of a direct value chain for Bio Suisse certified green pistachio kernels from Turkey	01.02.2020	30.04.2020
completed	DE	Development of a concept for the evaluation of flavours for the use in organic food	01.09.2019	31.03.2021
completed	CH	Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and the Dairy Sector in Ukraine (Quality FOOD Trade Program)	23.08.2019	30.06.2023
completed	DE	Taste Tank	15.07.2019	15.08.2021
completed	CH	Mali Agrinatura VCA4D Fisch	01.07.2019	31.03.2020
completed	DE	Die Besten 100 - Regionalität mit Mehrwert	15.02.2019	31.12.2020
completed	CH	Legumes Translated (Translating knowledge for legume-based farming for feed and food systems) (Legumes Translated)	01.11.2018	30.04.2022
completed	DE	Pre-Test Konzept „Nimm´s mal Bio“	01.10.2018	15.12.2018
completed	CH	Code of Practice for organic food processing (ProOrg)	01.05.2018	01.11.2021
completed	CH	Grundlagen zur Beurteilung von Verarbeitungsverfahren für Knospe Produkte am Beispiel Extrusion	01.01.2018	30.06.2019
completed	AT	AMA-Partnership Award für die Lebensmittelwertschöpfungskette	01.05.2017	01.03.2018
completed	CH	Diversification through Rotation, Intercropping, Multiple Cropping, Promoted by Actors and Value Chains towards Sustainability (DiverIMPACTS)	01.05.2017	30.04.2022
completed	CH	Feeding of organic pigs in consideration of fat quality requirements and 100 % organic feeding (Bioschwein100.0)	01.03.2017	31.10.2020
completed	DE	"Wasserschutzbrot" im Rahmen der Aktion Grundwasserschutz der Regierung Unterfranken	27.06.2016	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Better Trainings for Safer Food (BTSF): Organic Farming Scheme	16.06.2016	15.06.2020
completed	CH	Development of an innovative, science-based and practical method for a transparent, holistic and comparable assessment of sustainability performance in the agriculture and food sector (KTI-SMART)	01.01.2016	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Cooking and eating as an aesthetic practice. An explorative study	01.01.2016	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Organic soya in Switzerland – Optimising the Swiss production chain from seeds to the final product (B3S)	01.01.2016	31.03.2019
completed	CH	Enhancing Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability by Integrating Production Systems: Promotion of Low Input Dairy Management at Mirim Farm in DPR of Korea	01.11.2015	31.10.2016
completed	CH	Assessment study of the LED supported fruit processing company "La Morina" in Moro, Peru	25.09.2015	31.12.2015
completed	DE	Environmentally-friendly management of hygiene in food processing units	01.09.2014	28.02.2017
completed	DE	Wasserzeichen - System zur Kontrolle von Erzeugnissen mit Regionalauslobung mittels der Analytik stabiler Isotope: Durchführung eines Praxistests	01.08.2013	30.04.2015
completed	DE	Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen zur Stärkung der nachhaltigen und ökologischen Lebensmittelproduktion (Los 1, Los 2 und Los 3)	10.06.2011	30.06.2018
completed	CH	Analysis of the state of knowledge on quality, consumer protection and processing of organic food	08.06.2011	31.03.2012
completed	CH	Sourcing Parmesan Cheese in Bio Suisse Quality	01.01.2011	31.12.2015
completed	CH	Nützlinge im Vorratsschutz	01.01.2009	31.12.2011
completed	CH	Nachhaltige Verpackung von Bio-Lebensmitteln: Ein Leitfaden für Unternehmen	15.12.2008	28.02.2011
completed	CH	GM and non-GM supply chains : their CO-EXistence and TRAceability (CO-EXTRA)	01.04.2005	30.09.2009
completed	CH	Praxishandbuch 'Bioproduktion ohne Gentechnik' (BioXgen)	01.10.2004	31.12.2005
completed	CH	QualityLowInputFood: Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and 'low input' supply chains (QLIF)	01.03.2004	31.05.2009
completed	CH	QualityLowInputFood SP 5: Development of a framework for the design of minimum processing strategies, which guarantee food quality and safety (QLIF, SP 5)	01.03.2004	31.05.2009
completed	CH	QualityLowInputFood WP 5.3: Case study 2: Assessment of processing technologies that may improve the nutritional composition of dairy products (QLIF, WP 5.3)	01.03.2004	31.05.2009
ongoing	CH	GVO Consulting	01.01.2000
completed	CH	Beurteilung von Zusatzstoffen	30.11.1999	31.12.2011
completed	CH	Bioqualität und Gesundheit	30.11.1999	30.11.1999

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